Large Farm with Draw Well
Medium
etching retouched with engraving
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1964.8.505
Art Historical Context
**Large Farm with Draw Well**Created around 1559–1561, this etching retouched with engraving by Johannes van Doetech the Elder and his brother Lucas captures a serene rural scene after designs by the enigmatic *Master of the Small Landscapes Housed in the National Gallery of Art's Rosen Collection (Department CG-E), it depicts a sturdy farmstead with a prominent draw well, evoking the everyday life of 16th-century Netherland countryside. The *Doetechum* brothers, skilled Antwerp printmakers during the Renaissance, were pivotal in disseminating innovative landscape art. This print belongs to t...
About the Artist
Johannes van Doetechum, the Elder and Lucas van Doetechum after Master of the Small Landscapes
**Johannes van Doetechum the Elder and Lucas van Doetechum: Masters of the Small Landscapes** Johannes van Doetechum the Elder, born around 1530 in Deventer in the northern Netherlands, and his brother Lucas, active from 1554, formed one of the most prolific engraving teams of the 16th-century Netherlandish Renaissance. Hailing from a family of printmakers—Johannes was the son of Jan ter Heghe an...