An old church or abbey next to a stream and a country road, with people. Etching by Jan van de Velde II after E. van de Velde.

  • Velde, Esaias van de, 1587-1630.
Date:
1600-1699
Reference:
2476801i
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Description

A country road, with a bridge over a stream leading to a church, left. The church is old and has a roof which is partly thatched and partly tiled; the bell tower has a high steeple. Two members of a religious brotherhood are crossing the bridge. Right foreground, two smartly dressed horse-riders, with a couple of falconers and a dog. Leafy trees surround the scene

Publication/Creation

1600-1699

Physical description

1 print : etching ; image and border 18.8 x 31.3 cm

Lettering

Percurrens habitus pulchros formasq(ue) locorum, Disce minora homine haec, si se cognoverit, esse. J.V Velde fecit et excudebat

Creator/production credits

Attribution to Esaias van de Velde from the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue (2015)

References note

F.W.H. Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts: Jan van de Velde II to Dirk Vellert, p. 100, no. 320

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2476801i

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