Eight landscapes. Plate 6. Mountainous landscape with tall cliffs., Herman Naiwincx, artist, 1640-51, etching, Herman Naiwincx (1623-1679), was a Dutch Golden Age painter, etcher, draughtsman and tapestry trade, who is best known for his Italianate landscapes. Alternate names include Hermann, Nauwinck, Nauwinx, Nouwynx and Nauwynck. He was active in Amsterdam from 1648-1650 and in Schoonhoven in 1651. Naiwincx’s success as an etcher is based on two series of landscape prints based on his own designs, which were published in Amsterdam by Clement de Jonghe, who also published prints by Naiwincx's far better-known older contermporary, Rembrandt. This print comes from the set known by the British Museum as the Eight Landscapes. These etchings all represent hilly, wooded landscapes - as distinct from the oppressively flat Dutch landscape. They feature a panoramic viewpoint and show the artist’s familiarity with the Italian tradition of landscape painting. Of the 16 landscape drawings now attributed to Naiwincx, most are executed in chalk and wash or pen and ink. His earliest work is thought to be a group of Dutch landscape scenes with farmhouses.Naiwincx’s paintings clearly demonstrate his eclecticism, he made use of motifs borrowed from other artists and made variations on them. After 1651 there is no trace of Naiwincx, and his supposed residency in Hamburg could well be based on his business trips there as a merchant. It is unknown whether he moved to Hamburg, or died there on one of his business trips.
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