Walled Garden
ca. 1560–70
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 7 5/16 x 10 1/16 in. (18.6 x 25.5 cm) plate: 5 7/8 x 7 3/4 in. (15 x 19.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Barbara and Howard Fox Gift, Chester Dale Bequest, by exchange; A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 1999
Accession Number
1999.360.10
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About this artwork
[Research in progress for Walled Garden by Lucas Gassel, ca. 1560–70]
Art Historical Context
Lucas Gassel’s *Walled Garden*, created around 1560–70, captures the ordered beauty of a Renaissance pleasure garden. As a Flemish artist active during the Northern Renaissance, Gassel was known for detailed landscapes that often incorporated figures within carefully structured settings. Here, the walled enclosure frames men engaged in leisurely activity, reflecting the period’s growing interest in formal gardens as spaces of contemplation, status, and harmony with nature. Executed in etching and engraving, the print combines the fluid lines of etching with the precise, controlled marks of en...