Village Street
Medium
etching retouched with engraving
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1964.8.508
Art Historical Context
Step into the charming "Village Street," an enchanting etching retouched with engraving the skilled Dutch brothers Johannes van Doetech the Elder and Lucas van Doetech. Published between 1559 and 1561, this print faithfully reproduces a design by the anonymous Master of Small Landscapes, capturing a bustling rural scene with thatched cottages, winding paths, and everyday villagers going about their lives. Housed in the National Gallery Art's Rosenwald Collection it exemplifies the innovative printmaking of the Northern Renaissance. The Doetechum brothers were master reproductive engravers, bl...
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...