River Landscape with Horseman
1634
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1634
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
River Landscape with Horseman is a 1634 ink by Jacob Duck, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white print shows a lone rider on horseback by a riverbank. The rider wears a wide-brimmed hat and holds a stick, while the horse walks through shallow water. In the background, a rocky hill rises with a few small buildings on top, and a distant tower or church spire peeks over the trees. The artist used fine lines to show texture—notice how the horse’s fur and the water’s surface look almost three-dimensional. This was done with a technique called etching. Look up etching to see how artists like Jacob Duck made prints like this.
Jacob Duck (also Ducq, Duyck, Duick, Duc) (1600 – buried 22/28 January 1667) was a Dutch painter and etcher.
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