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Original fileAcht landschappen uit Bohemen
About This Work
A rugged wilderness scene shows figures with pack animals navigating a steep, rocky terrain dominated by a large wooden bridge or aqueduct. In the background, a watermill sits nestled against the hills, while the foreground features a churning river breaking over stones. The composition emphasizes the scale of the natural environment and the infrastructure built to traverse it.
Produced during Aegidius Sadeler's tenure as imperial engraver to Rudolf II in Prague, this series reflects the court's fascination with the 'sublime' and varied topographies of the Holy Roman Empire. This interest was part of a broader intellectual project at the Prague court to catalog and understand the natural world through empirical observation, mineralogy, and natural philosophy.
Inscriptions
P: Stephani Inuent: Eg: Sadeler excud: Marco Sadeler excudit
Translation
P: Stephani Inuent: Eg: Sadeler excud: Marco Sadeler excud:
Connected Texts
Anselmus de Boodt
De Boodt, court physician and mineralogist to Rudolf II, documented the geological and mineral riches of the same Bohemian landscapes depicted in Sadeler's engravings.
Provenance & Source
Object
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
paper
height 170 mm x width 255 mm
landscape
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