Mountainous Landscape

1640

Laurent de La Hyre

Associated Names
Laurent de La Hyre

Artist, French, 1606 - 1656

The image depicts a landscape scene with a detailed tree on the left side. A rocky formation, shrubs, and grasses are near the tree, with a calm body of water further beyond. In the background, there is a hill or mountain range with peaks rising gently to the right. The color palette is monochromatic, predominantly brown and cream, emphasizing the textures and lines defining the elements of nature.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet (cut within platemark): 10.2 x 16 cm (4 x 6 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.157.48

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Robert-Dumesnil, no. 32

  • Series Title

    Six Landscapes

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Christie's, London, September 30, 1980, lot 79); Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

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

1988

  • Rosenberg, Pierre, and Jacques Thuillier. Laurent de la Hyre, 1606 - 1656. Geneva, 1988.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: Herman Weyen excud avec Privilege du Roy

Wikidata ID

Q76347251

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