Village Steeple at the Seaside
1601 to 1650
Medium
etching
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1946.11.213
Art Historical Context
Nestled in the Rosenwald Collection of the National of Art, *Village Steeple at Seaside* is a etching by Dutch artist Anthonie Waterloo created sometime between 1601 and1650. Waterloo, a master of the etching medium during the Dutch Golden Age, captures a serene coastal village scene dominated by a modest church steeple rising against the horizon. The work exemplifies the period's fascination with everyday landscapes, blending humble architecture with the vast, moody sea and sky. Etching, Waterloo's preferred technique, involved drawing into a wax-coated copper plate with acid-resistant lines...
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...