Boslandschap met een waterval

Two travelers and a dog walk along a steep, rocky path framed by tall pine trees and jagged cliffs. In the center of the valley, a small waterfall spills into a rocky stream that passes beneath a bridge, leading toward a hazy harbor filled with ships. Dramatic sunbeams break through dark, heavy clouds to illuminate the distant city and the central gorge.

Created while Sadeler was court engraver to Emperor Rudolf II in Prague, this work reflects the Rudolfine interest in the 'Book of Nature' as a source of philosophical and divine revelation. The rugged, untamed Alpine scenery, based on drawings by Roelandt Savery, represents the late Renaissance fascination with the macrocosm and the sublime power of the natural world.