Life Captured in Line: 17th-Century Dutch and Flemish Prints
Overview
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December 15, 2023–August 18, 2024
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European Art Galleries, Level 2, Gallery S202
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Free for Members
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Included with admission
Print culture flourished in the North and South Netherlands during the 17th century as the region became the epicenter of printing and publishing in Europe. Artists such as Rembrandt van Rijn, Jan Van de Velde, and Cornelis de Visscher participated in the influx and exchange of ideas that the industry fostered and created prints in an expansive variety of genres, styles, and techniques. Featuring works drawn from the Museum’s collection, this exhibition builds on themes presented in Art, Life, Legacy: Northern European Paintings in the Collection of Isabel and Alfred Bader, highlighting subjects popular in printmaking at the time, including biblical scenes, landscape, and portraiture.
Additional artworks
Rembrandt van Rijn, Jan Lutma, Goldsmith, 1656.
Gertrude Nunnemacher Schuchardt Collection, presented by William H. Schuchardt, M1924.160. Photo by John R. Glembin
Matthieu van Plattenberg (Flemish, ca. 1608–1660, active in France), Seascape in Moonlight, 1631/60.
Etching. Plate: 5 3/4 × 9 1/4 in. (14.61 × 23.5 cm). Sheet: 5 7/8 × 9 3/8 in. (14.92 × 23.81 cm). Milwaukee Art Museum, Gift of the Hockerman Charitable Trust, M1999.84
Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert (Flemish, 1580–1633), After Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, 1566-1651), Farm and Small barn, from the series Landscapes with Farmhouses, 1614.
Etching. Plate: 6 × 9 1/2 in. (15.24 × 24.13 cm). Sheet: 7 3/8 × 10 3/8 in. (18.73 × 26.35 cm). Milwaukee Art Museum, Gift of Sanford Towart in memory of Dr. David R. van Fossen, M2008.151
Jan van de Velde II (Dutch, ca. 1593–1641), A Winter Landscape with Skaters on a Canal, from the series Landscapes, 1616.
Etching. Plate: 5 5/16 × 7 13/16 in. (13.49 × 19.84 cm). Sheet: 5 7/16 × 7 15/16 in. (13.81 × 20.16 cm). Milwaukee Art Museum, Gift of Sanford Towart in memory of Dr. David R. van Fossen, M2008.152
Johannes Wierix (Flemish, 1549–ca.1618), Orpheus Charming the Animals with His Music, 1615.
Engraving. Plate and sheet: 4 11/16 × 7 in. (11.91 × 17.78 cm). Milwaukee Art Museum, Gift of the Hockerman Charitable Trust, M2000.106
Nicolaes de Bruyn (Flemish, 1571–1656), Solomon's Idolatry, 1684/1711.
Engraving. Plate: 17 7/8 × 27 5/16 in. (45.4 × 69.37 cm), sheet: 17 7/8 × 27 3/8 in. (45.4 × 69.53 cm). Milwaukee Art Museum, Gift of Friends of Art, from the collection of Philip and Dorothy Pearlstein, M2000.129
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617), The Annunciation, from the series The Early Life of the Virgin, 1594.
Engraving. Plate: 18 1/2 × 13 13/16 in. (46.99 × 35.09 cm). Milwaukee Art Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Graf, M1980.233. Photo by John R. Glembin
Hendrik Goudt (Dutch, 1583–1648), The Mocking of Ceres, 1610, published 1633.
Engraving. Plate: 12 9/16 × 9 3/4 in. (31.91 × 24.77 cm). Sheet: 12 3/4 × 9 15/16 in. (32.39 × 25.24 cm). Milwaukee Art Museum, Gift of Friends of Art, from the collection of Philip and Dorothy Pearlstein, M2000.136
