About this artwork
Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert was best known for his reproductive engravings of the work of Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens. This engraving is from a lengthy series called Small Landscapes, which shows humans in all-encompassing, dramatic landscapes. The human figures in this composition, who graze sheep and fetch water from the stream, interact with and blend into their surroundings.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert
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Title
- Landscape with the Great Ruins, from The Small Landscapes
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Place
- Flanders (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- Printed 1633–1645
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Medium
- Engraving on ivory laid paper
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Dimensions
- Image: 32.9 × 44.2 cm (13 × 17 7/16 in.); Plate: 34.5 × 45.2 cm (13 5/8 × 17 13/16 in.); Sheet: 36.1 × 46 cm (14 1/4 × 18 1/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund
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Reference Number
- 1937.164
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/23632/manifest.json
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