Village Street
Medium
etching retouched with engraving
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1964.8.514
Art Historical Context
**Village Street**, an enchanting etching retouched with engraving 1559/1561, captures the rustic charm of a Flemish village scene. Created by the skilled brothers Johannes van Doeteum the Elder and Lucas van Dochum, it reproduces a design by the anonymous Master of Small Landscapes—an innovative Antwerp artist active in the mid-16th century. print belongs to the National Gallery of's Rosenwald Collection, the brothers' pivotal role in disseminating landscape imagery through affordable prints during the Renaissance. The Doetechums' technique blends etching's fluid lines with engraving's preci...
About the Artist
Johannes van Doetechum, the Elder and Lucas van Doetechum after Master of the Small Landscapes
**Johannes van Doetechum the Elder and Lucas van Doetechum: Masters of the Small Landscapes** Johannes van Doetechum the Elder, born around 1530 in Deventer in the northern Netherlands, and his brother Lucas, active from 1554, formed one of the most prolific engraving teams of the 16th-century Netherlandish Renaissance. Hailing from a family of printmakers—Johannes was the son of Jan ter Heghe an...