About This Artwork

Herman Naiwincx
Dutch, 1624-1651

Three Large Trees on a Hill, plate five from Set of Landscapes, 1640/51

Etching on ivory laid paper
116 x 127 mm (image); 119 x 131 mm (sheet)
John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection, 1926.1899.4

The Dutch draftsman, painter, printmaker, and carpet dealer Herman Naiwincx gained success by depicting rural landscapes, a common theme among 17th-century Dutch artists. These prints by Naiwincx from the series Set of Landscapes are pure landscapes, completely without human figures.