9. Antoni Waterloo
(1610-1690)
Two Travelers by the Foot of a Little Hill

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Waterloo, Two Travelers

Two Travelers by the Foot of a Little Hill

Etching, Bartsch 46, Dutuit 46 only state, 108 x 157 mm. Fine impression from the first edition on foolscap watermarked laid paper, with good margins; a few very pale brown stains. Waterloo was one of those Dutch seventeenth-century artists who did not go to Italy, but stayed fairly close to home. Home was mostly Amsterdam, though later the neighborhood of Utrecht. Seeing the rolling hills and lush trees that make up most of Waterloo’s drawings and etchings, one is curious as to their real geographical location, as what he portrays is not the expected Dutch flatland. But inland from the coastal areas, one comes across a different landscape and Waterloo most likely took extended walking tours in those areas and is even known to have gotten as far as the outskirts of Hamburg. As an etcher, Waterloo did basically one thing, but did it well. His landscapes are well observed, well drawn, simple and direct.