October
1617
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1617
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
October is a 1617 ink by Jan van de Velde, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white scene shows a quiet harbor town in late autumn. People in simple clothes gather near the water’s edge, some with barrels or tools. A tall church tower rises over the rooftops, and ships sit docked in the calm bay. The sky is cloudy, and trees cling to rocky cliffs along the shore. The artist used fine lines to capture every detail—even the folds in the people’s clothes. The text below reads *"October"* in big letters, with Latin lines that hint at the season’s work and rest. If you like this, look up etching to see how artists like Van de Velde carved these precise lines.
Jan van de Velde the younger (1593 – c. 1 November 1641) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker, mostly of animal, landscape and still-life subjects. He was the son of Jan van de Velde the Elder and the father of…
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