Anthonie Waterloo - 17th Century Etching Man and woman sitting on knoll

Description

Anthonie Waterloo - Original 17th Century Etching. Monogrammed upper left. Artist name inscribed in pencil verso. Signed with monogram. On laid. In fine condition.

A landscape artist in the Dutch Golden Age, Anthonie Waterloo (1609–1690) was a painter and draftsman, but is primarily known for his etchings, which he published himself. Waterloo was among the first artists to have established a reputation almost entirely based upon his work as a draftsman. Oil paintings by Waterloo are relatively scarce, but his many drawings of forest scenes and other topographical views are found in collections in Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Vienna, Amsterdam, and London. The 1931 catalogue of drawings, for instance lists 29 examples of Waterloo drawings. A landscape artist, Waterloo also produced many etchings which increased his popularity and extended his influence into the next century and beyond to the French Barbizon painters of the mid-19th century. While many of Waterloo's larger etchings and drawings (some almost the size of his paintings) are careful in their depiction of the smallest, individual detail, his smaller drawings of mountain valley views often feature an impressionistic group of forms as atmospheric perspective leads the eye into the hilly distance along a characteristically Baroque zig-zag course. Such drawings may have been known to the English landscape etcher John Robert Cozens and, in turn, may have had a stylistic impact upon the young J.M.W. Turner.

Size

13.1 x 14.4cm (5.2" x 5.7")