Author: Jan van de Velde II (c. 1593-1641) after Gerrit Willemsz. Horst (1612/13-1652)
Title: [Antique print, etching] Country road along a ruined church/Landweg bij een kerk ruine, published 1628.
Description: Landscape with peasants walking. A standing man with his horse is urinating in the foreground. On the right, a ruined church. Inscribed at bottom: 'G.V.H. In. I.V.V. fe. CJVisscher ex.'.From a set of five prints. Numbered on the bottom right: '4'.As from the Hollstein: The horseman, the walkers, the pissing man and his horse are copied in reverse on a print (5,1 x 15,4 cm) with ee2 published by Claes Jansz. Visscher as part of a series: Occupations of Man and Views in the surroundings of Amsterdam. This composition appears also in the form of a painting on the lid of a harpsichord, now at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam (in. SK-A-4288). The direction of the painted landscape is the same of Visscher's print, thus reversed in respect to Van de Velde's. Etching on paper with margin; plate mark: 199 x 285 mm; total: 212 x 300 mm; only state; toned paper, some stains and foxing, especially in the sky; small hole on the road; Hollstein 331; Franken 370.

Keywords: Landscapes