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Landscape with Mountains and Castle and Hunter

Giovanni Maria Verdizotti

Artwork Details

Landscape with Mountains and Castle and Hunter
16th century
Giovanni Maria Verdizotti
etching and engraving on medium laid paper, tipped down on heavy white laid paper
11 1/2 in x 17 3/8 in (29.21 cm x 44.13 cm)
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
2012/2.220

Description

Subject Matter:

Mountainous landscape scene with castle, buildings, resting hunter and dog, and birds in the sky.

Physical Description:

In the right foreground of a landscape scene there is a male figure reclining before two tall trees. The figure holds a wooden staff in one arm and points toward his dog with the other. In the distance there is a lake and mountainous landscape replete with many buildings. Several long-necked birds fly in the sky.

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