Rainy Landscape

1636/1669

Lucas Emil Vosterman, after Lodewijk de Vadder

Associated Names
Lucas Emil Vorsterman

Artist, Flemish, 1595 - 1675

Frans van den Wyngaerde

Publisher, Flemish, 1614 - 1679

Lodewijk de Vadder

Artist After, Flemish, 1605 - 1655

The image shows a landscape with an elevated viewpoint, displaying the terrain extending into the distance. The horizon is high in the composition with a village consisting of small buildings and trees. The sky has fine lines indicating movement, potentially rain, blending into detailed, swirling clouds. In the foreground, there is a dirt path surrounded by rocks and tall grass. The background displays hills with trees, leading to the horizon. The scene is depicted in a monochromatic palette of browns and grays.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.2 × 34 cm (8 3/4 × 13 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 26.5 × 38.2 cm (10 7/16 × 15 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1974.55.42

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc, no. 11, State ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(David Tunick Inc., New York); purchased by the NGA, 1974.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels

1949

  • _Hollstein's Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700._vol. XLIII(Lucas Vorsterman I, Christiaan Schuckman, author). Roosendaal, The Netherlands: Koninlijke van Poll, 1993, no. 129, ii/ii.

Inscriptions

lower left, below image, in plate: L. De Vadder. pinxit et Fecit; lower center, below image, in plate: Franciscus vanden Wyngaerde excudit; lower right, below image, in plate: Vorsterman; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: B.11 / DTMAK

Markings

none

Watermarks

present but not identified

Wikidata ID

Q65573825

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