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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Landscape with Runaway Horses is a 1638 ink by Ercole Bazicaluva, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows a quiet countryside scene with two horses running free in a grassy field. Trees line the background, and a small house sits near a cluster of buildings. Two people stand near the water’s edge, watching the horses. The sky is light with wispy clouds, and the whole scene feels calm but lively. The artist used fine lines to show movement in the horses’ legs and the wind in the trees. This kind of detailed linework is key to the technique of *etching*. Look up etching to see how artists like Bazicaluva created these sharp, precise images.
Ercole Bazzicaluva, also spelled Bezzicaluva or Bazzicaluve (active 1640), was an Italian engraver of the Baroque period.
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