Forest Crossed by a Stream, from The Small Landscapes

Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert (after Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, c. 1577-1640))

c. 1638

Medium

Engraving on cream laid paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Image: 30.4 × 44.3 cm (12 × 17 1/2 in.); Plate/sheet: 31.7 × 45 cm (12 1/2 × 17 3/4 in.)

Culture

Flanders

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago, Prints and Drawings

Credit line

Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund

Rights

Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.

Who can see it

Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

View at the Art Institute of Chicago

About this work

Schelte Adams Bolswert’s engravings display a mastery of technique; he was able to achieve the effect of three-dimensionality through his use of crosshatched lines, resulting in a wide array of light and dark tones. Simultaneously, Bolswert added depth to his prints, making it seem as though the viewer could physically enter into the scenes.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0

• Prints
• Landscapes
• Rivers and lakes
• Trees and forests
• 1600s
• Belgium
• Orange