Landscape with a Wooded Ravine

Anthonie Waterloo

Associated Names
Anthonie Waterloo

Artist, Dutch, 1609/1610 - 1690

The image shows a rocky woodland setting with trees, rocks, and foliage. The viewpoint appears to be from a lower vantage point looking upwards. The landscape is filled with trees and rocks blending with the sky, depicted through fine brushstrokes creating light and shadow. The color palette consists of earthy browns and grays. The scene includes weathered rocks in the foreground and complex, layered foliage in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk with gray wash heightened with white on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 26.9 x 30.5 cm (10 9/16 x 12 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1972.2.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

J. MacGowan (Lugt 1496)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1985

  • Landscape Drawings from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985.

Bibliography

1974

  • Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts: Sculptures, Drawings, Prints. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1974:208.

Inscriptions

in later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 22 x 16

Wikidata ID

Q64536174

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