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Hendrick Goltzius

Landscape with a Waterfall, from Four Small Landscapes

1597/1600
Woodcut in black on blue laid paper, with additions of white gouache
11.2 × 14.5 cm (4.4 × 5.7 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

Reminiscent of the Venetian landscape woodcuts made after paintings and drawings by Titian and Domenico Campagnola, this landscape shows a fisherman battling the force of a waterfall. In the first impression, Hendrik Goltzius heightened the print by hand with white gouache. The second impression is the final work and was created from multiple woodblocks.

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