Rocky Landscape with a Natural Arch

c. 1575

Gherardo Cibo

Associated Names
Gherardo Cibo

Artist, Italian, 1512 - 1600

The image depicts a landscape seen from a slightly elevated perspective, showing rocky cliffs, an arched stone formation, and a distant mountain with a small building surrounded by trees. The artwork features intricate brushstrokes to depict texture and depth in rocks and trees. The color palette consists mainly of earthy tones, including sepia and muted greenish-blue hues. Two tiny human figures near a body of water at the bottom left suggest scale. Sparse vegetation is spread across the rocky terrain, with denser clusters of trees and foliage in the distance. Light and shadow play across the terrain.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Louis Deglatigny, Rouen (1854 - 1936) (Lugt1768a). P. and N. de Boer, Amsterdam; De Boer Foundation, Amsterdam; (their sale, Christie's London, 4 July 1995, no. 25). Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

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Exhibition History

1966

  • Oude Tekeningen: Een Keuze uit de Verzameling P. en N. de Boer. Singer Museum, Laren, The Netherlands, 1966, no. 219 (reproduced p. 49 with incorrect cat. no.)(as Bartholomeus Spranger).

2011

  • Italian Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1525-1835, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2011, no. 10.

Bibliography

1969

  • Bolten, Jaap. "Messer Ulisse Serverino da Cingoli, A Bypath in the History of Art." Master Drawings 7, no. 2 (Summer 1969): 137, no. 4.

Inscriptions

verso, at lower right in graphite: 924 (encircled and upside down); across bottom margin on small sliver of white paper pasted down, in graphite (upside down): J. de Momper le Jeune 1564-1635

Wikidata ID

Q64572096

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