item details
NameLandscapes. Plate 6. Landscape with grotto and hermits.
ProductionJacob II de Gheyn; artist; 1610
Andries Stock
Andries Stock
Classificationprints, etchings, engravings, landscapes, works on paper
Materialsink, paper
Materials Summaryetching and engraving
Techniquesetching, engraving
DimensionsImage: 174mm (width), 100mm (height)
Registration Number1869-0001-155
Credit lineGift of Bishop Monrad, 1869
Overview
Jacob de Gheyn II (also Jacques de Gheyn II) was a Dutch painter and engraver, whose work shows the transition from Northern Mannerism to Dutch realism over the course of his career. He is credited with creating over 1,500 drawings, including landscapes (as here) and natural history illustrations. This engraving depicts a landscape of rocky outcrops, and is the last in a series of six. The likely engraver was Andries Jacobsz. Stock, after an original drawing by de Gheyn.
Dr Mark Stocker Curator, Historical International Art February 2017