# Landscape with the Great Ruins, from The Small Landscapes

- By: Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert (after Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, c. 1577-1640))
- Date: c. 1638
- Medium: Engraving on ivory laid paper
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: Image: 32.9 × 44.2 cm (13 × 17 7/16 in.); Plate: 34.5 × 45.2 cm (13 5/8 × 17 13/16 in.); Sheet: 36.1 × 46 cm (14 1/4 × 18 1/8 in.)
- Culture: Flanders
- Credit line: Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/23632)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/c8351c8a-0677-0f3e-7483-45fb0eec25ae/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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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.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0