Mountainous Landscape with a Road, from the series Set of Landscapes
n.d.
Medium
Etching on ivory paper
Dimensions
Image: 11.5 × 12.7 cm (4 9/16 × 5 in.); Sheet: 11.9 × 13 cm (4 11/16 × 5 1/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
127636
Rights
Public Domain
Art Historical Context
Herman Naiwincx’s “Mountainous Landscape with a Road” invites viewers a quiet, intimate scene rendered through the delicate medium of etching. Created on paper, the small print—measuring just over four by five inches—ures a winding path cutting through rugged terrain, emphasizing the vastness of nature against the scale of travel. As part of the artist’s “Set of” series, the work reflects 17th-century Dutch interest exploring natural environments through print, allowing such images to circulate widely among collectors and enthusiasts. Etching, the technique employed here, involves drawing wit...