Huwelijk 1533 - 1567

light pencil work

ink paper printed

pencil sketch

light coloured

old engraving style

joyful generate happy emotion

ink drawing experimentation

appealing

pen-ink sketch

warm natural lighting

"Huwelijk" (Marriage) is a small etching created by Enea Vico between 1533 and 1567. The print depicts a standing man in a landscape with a broken yoke at his feet and the inscription "Sancta Ligant Hominem Dulci Conubia Nexu" (Holy bonds unite man in sweet marriage) at the bottom. The detailed landscape and the figure's pose suggest Vico's use of Renaissance ideals of beauty and composition. This artwork, now housed in the Rijksmuseum, is a fine example of Renaissance printmaking in the Netherlands.