View of a Small House Built into a Rock
1576–1636
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 9 7/16 x 14 1/2 in. (23.9 x 36.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.95.2241
Tags
Art Historical Context
Isaak Major’s engraving *View of a Small House Built into a Rock* captures a modest dwelling seamlessly integrated into a rugged natural outcrop. Created by the German artist and printmaker (1576–1636), the work reflects the early seventeenth-century fascination with landscape as both a record of place and a poetic meditation on humanity’s relationship to nature. The precise lines of the engraving allow every textured stone and wooden beam to stand out, inviting viewers to appreciate the quiet harmony between architecture and environment. Prints like this one played an important role in disse...