Meadows And Village by Hans Bol

Meadows and Village, Lovers on Right, Lovers in Meadows (2nd State), 1562

Etching
230 x 320 mm.; 9 x 12 1/2 inches
H. Bol upper center. H. Cock lower right, date of 1562 lower middle on tree-trunk

Watermark:
Hand with Cuff and Flower (close to Briquet 11467)

Reference:
No. 13 from the series: River Landscapes and Villages with Figures (2nd State)
Hollstein, Vol III, Hans Bol, no. 13

Notes:

Hans Bol, influenced by earlier landscape etchings after Breughel, was one of the principle artists who established the landscape print-making tradition found in the following century of Dutch and Flemish art. This tradition was widened with the etchings of Londerseel and others. Eventually this tradition achieved its heights in the landscape etchings and drypoints of Rembrandt.