1797
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Place de Meir at Antwerp is a 1797 ink by Thomas Rowlandson, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a busy street scene in Antwerp. Horses, carts, and people fill the cobblestone square. The buildings around the square have big windows and signs. Rowlandson used etching and aquatint here. Aquatint gives soft gray tones that look like watercolor. It’s a quick sketchy style, not super detailed. This feels like a snapshot from daily life. Check out more by Rowlandson, Thomas.
Thomas Rowlandson (; 13 July 1757 – 21 April 1827) was an English artist and caricaturist of the Georgian Era, noted for his political satire and social observation.
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