Works that highlight the various media and techniques of printmaking in use in the seventeenth century

Solicitudo Rustica (Rustic Cares) from the Large Landscapes after Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Accession Number
1959/2.92

Title
Solicitudo Rustica (Rustic Cares) from the Large Landscapes after Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Artist(s)
Pieter Brueghel

Object Creation Date
1530-1569

Medium & Support
etching with engraving on paper

Dimensions
12 13/16 x 16 13/16 in. (32.4 x 42.7 cm);28 1/8 x 22 1/8 in. (71.28 x 56.04 cm);12 13/16 x 16 7/8 in. (32.39 x 42.71 cm)

Credit Line
Museum Purchase

Subject matter
This print was made by Joannes and Lucas van Doetecum after drawings made by Pieter Breugel the Elder on a trip through the Alps. The artists exploit dramatic shifts in scale between the foreground figures in the lower right corner and the valley far beneath them to create a powerful impression of depth and distance.

Physical Description
This print offers an expansive vista over a river valley bordered by high mountains in the distance. In the foreground a peasant sits on the ground hammering the blade of his scythe as another man leans against a tree and gazes into the valley. Boats, towns, and villages dot the landscape.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
etchings (prints)
landscapes (representations)
mountains
peasants
rivers
valleys (landforms)

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