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Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert

Landscape with the Great Ruins, from The Small Landscapes

c. 1638
Engraving on ivory laid paper
32.9 × 44.2 cm (13 × 17.4 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert was best known for his reproductive engravings of the work of Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens. This engraving is from a lengthy series called Small Landscapes , which shows humans in all-encompassing, dramatic landscapes. The human figures in this composition, who graze sheep and fetch water from the stream, interact with and blend into their surroundings.

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