Traveler Passing Two Large Trees

Art Historical Context

**Traveler Passing Two Large Trees** is a delicate etching by Anthonie Waterloo, a Dutch artist active during the early to mid-17th centuryca. 1601–1650). Part of the National Gallery of Art's Rosen Collection in the Prints department (CG-E), this work the Dutch Golden Age's fascination with nature and the humble wanderer. Waterloo, often called the "Dutch Claude Lorrain" for his poetic landscapes, captures a solitary traveler moving past two majestic trees, evoking a sense of quiet journey through the countryside. Etching, Waterloo's preferred medium, allowed for intricate line work on coppe...

About the Artist

Anthonie Waterloo · 1609–1690

Anthonie Waterloo (1609–1690) was a prominent Dutch Golden Age landscape artist, born on May 6 in Lille, then part of the Spanish Netherlands. Little is known of his early life beyond his mother, Magdalena Vaillant, who joined Amsterdam's Walloon Church in 1621, with Waterloo following in 1630; no records exist of formal training, and he was likely self-taught. Registered as a painter in Amsterdam...