Master of Small Landscapes. The Master of the Small Landscapes was a Flemish artist from the mid-16th century known for his landscape drawings.
The name of this unidentified artist is derived from a series of 44 prints of landscapes that were created after the artist's drawings, some of which have been preserved. Together with the work of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, the drawings of the Master played an important role in the evolution of Northern Renaissance landscape art from the world landscape into an independent genre.
The prints were published by Hieronymus Cock in Antwerp in two series. The first series was published in 1559 with the title Multifarium casularum ruriumque lineamenta curiose ad vivum expressa.
The first series contained 14 sheets. The second series was published in 1561 with the title Praediorum villarum et rusticarum caularum icons elegantissimi.
The second series contained 30 sheets. An edition of both volumes together also appeared 1561. A third edition was published by Philips Galle in 1601 in Antwerp under the title Regiunculae et villae aliquot ducatus Brabantiae a. P. Breughelio delineatae et in pictorum gratiam a Nicolao Joannis Piscatore excusae et in lucem editae, Amstelodami. His son Theodoor Galle published the series again a few years later. In 1612 Claes Jansz. Visscher published a further edition of 26 of the original 44 views in Amsterdam. Visscher created a new title pag
The name of this unidentified artist is derived from a series of 44 prints of landscapes that were created after the artist's drawings, some of which have been preserved. Together with the work of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, the drawings of the Master played an important role in the evolution of Northern Renaissance landscape art from the world landscape into an independent genre.
The prints were published by Hieronymus Cock in Antwerp in two series. The first series was published in 1559 with the title Multifarium casularum ruriumque lineamenta curiose ad vivum expressa.
The first series contained 14 sheets. The second series was published in 1561 with the title Praediorum villarum et rusticarum caularum icons elegantissimi.
The second series contained 30 sheets. An edition of both volumes together also appeared 1561. A third edition was published by Philips Galle in 1601 in Antwerp under the title Regiunculae et villae aliquot ducatus Brabantiae a. P. Breughelio delineatae et in pictorum gratiam a Nicolao Joannis Piscatore excusae et in lucem editae, Amstelodami. His son Theodoor Galle published the series again a few years later. In 1612 Claes Jansz. Visscher published a further edition of 26 of the original 44 views in Amsterdam. Visscher created a new title pag
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