Mountain Landscape with Two Men Resting

Johannes Glauber

Associated Names
Johannes Glauber

Artist, Dutch, 1646 - c. 1726

The image shows a landscape captured from an elevated perspective. Two figures are seated beneath a tree on the left side of the scene. A body of water, hills, cliffs, and a village with buildings and a tower can be seen in the distance. The sky is filled with clouds, and the artwork is rendered in sepia tones. Detailed etching and stippling techniques are used to create texture and depth.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in red-brown ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 23.6 x 36.8 cm (9 5/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 24.7 x 37.7 cm (9 3/4 x 14 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.109.3

  • Series Title

    Twelve Idyllic Landscapes

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

G. Stuijvers (not in Lugt). J. Moore (not in Lugt). (Christopher Mendez, London); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: J: Glauber in. et f.; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 1589; by later hand, upper left verso in brown ink: G. Stuijvers; by later hand, center verso in graphite: JMoore

Watermarks

Strasburg lily in a shield

Wikidata ID

Q76346170

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