Man on a Donkey in a Landscape 16th century

This 16th-century etching depicts a man riding a donkey along a path through a rural landscape, framed by a series of concentric circles. The anonymous artist captured the scene in fine detail, with lush foliage, a distant village, and even birds soaring overhead. The circular format was popular in the Renaissance, often used for decorative purposes in books or for individual works of art. This print, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, exemplifies the detailed naturalism and idyllic subject matter prevalent in landscape art during this period.