Johannes van Doetechum the Elder
1560
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Farmstead is a 1560 ink by Johannes van Doetechum the Elder, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This drawing shows a quiet farm scene with two small houses and a fence. A cow lies in the foreground near a shallow stream, while a person walks toward the houses. Trees and a few tents are scattered around, and the sky is light with wavy lines. The artist used fine lines to show details like the cow’s fur and the thatched roofs. This was done with a technique called etching, where acid eats into the metal plate to create the lines. Next, check out more about etching to see how it works.
Joannes van Doetecum the Elder (1530 – 1605) was a Dutch engraver-cartographer known for his etched works after genre scenes by Pieter Bruegel the Elder and maps of various cities in the Netherlands.
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