1744
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Heroic Landscape with Fisherman, Cows, and Horsemen is a 1744 ink by John Baptist Jackson, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a quiet countryside scene with a mix of people and animals. In the foreground, a woman in a red cloak bends over by a stream, while a man herds cows along a path. Nearby, two riders on horseback travel past a stone building. The background opens to a village by the sea, with soft hills and a bright sky. The artist used a technique called *chiaroscuro*—strong light and dark contrasts—to give the scene depth. The colors are muted, but the shadows make the trees and buildings pop. Next, look up *woodcut* to see how this print was made.
John Baptist Jackson (1701–1780) was a British artist, a woodcut printmaker of the eighteenth century.
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