Wooded Landscape with a River

1640

Laurent de La Hyre

Associated Names
Laurent de La Hyre

Artist, French, 1606 - 1656

The image is viewed from a slightly lower perspective, showing a landscape with large trees on the right side and a body of water on the left. There are intricate and detailed brushstrokes depicting the lush trees. The color palette is monochromatic with shades of black and sepia on a cream background. The composition is balanced with dense foliage in the foreground transitioning to open spaces and lighter vegetation in the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 8 x 12 cm (3 1/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 9.7 x 12.7 cm (3 13/16 x 5 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.392

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Robert-Dumesnil, no. 28

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Craddock & Barnard, London); Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased October 2, 1962; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2002

  • An Artist's Artists: Jacob Kainen's Collection from Rembrandt to David Smith, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003, as A Man Gazing across a Still Pond by Laurent de La Hyre.

Bibliography

1967

  • Robert-Dumesnil, A.P.F. Le peintre-graveur francais, ou catalogue raisonne des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole francaise, ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de M. Bartsch. Reprint (11 vols. in 6). Paris: F. deNobe

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: L. de la Hyre

Wikidata ID

Q76347197

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