Dutch Landscape Prints

One of teh most important devolpments in the History of Western Art was the emergence of apparently realistic landscape representation in Holland in the sevennteenth century. While Dutch landscape paintings are well known, the prints have so far hardly received the attention they deserve.

In this book, the first to discuss the prints at any length, David Freedberg illustrates a wide range of Dutch landscape prints of great charm. He assesses their artistic and historical significance, describes their technique, and outlines the literary and historical background to their origins and devolpment.