Tobias and the Angel, from Six Landscape Subjects from the Old Testament
1650/60
Medium
Etching on paper
Dimensions
Image: 29.5 × 25 cm (11 5/8 × 9 7/8 in.); Plate: 29.8 × 25.2 cm (11 3/4 × 9 15/16 in.); Sheet: 31.9 × 27.5 cm (12 9/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
127523
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Anthonie Waterloo was a self-taught artist from Lille who settled in the Netherlands in 1640. He is known for his animated landscapes, created with strong accents of light and solid forms. This charming print was one of six landscapes dealing with Old Testament subjects created by Waterloo.
About the Artist
Anthonie Waterloo · 1609–1690
Anthonie Waterloo (1609–1690) was a prominent Dutch Golden Age landscape artist, born on May 6 in Lille, then part of the Spanish Netherlands. Little is known of his early life beyond his mother, Magdalena Vaillant, who joined Amsterdam's Walloon Church in 1621, with Waterloo following in 1630; no records exist of formal training, and he was likely self-taught. Registered as a painter in Amsterdam...