Landscape with an Obelisk
1650
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
This drawing shows a quiet scene with a tall, pointed tower on the left and a thatched-roof house near a hill in the middle. The water in the foreground has wavy lines, and the sky is mostly empty. Trees and bushes add texture near the water’s edge. The artist used fine lines to create depth, especially in the tower’s details and the hill’s shape. This is an etching, which means the image was scratched into a metal plate. Next, look up *etching* to see how artists make prints this way.
![View of Houtewael near the Sint Anthoniespoort [recto]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/2919925de9060e70/thumb.webp)
