Landscape with Sleeping Peasants

c. 1605

Jacques de Gheyn II

Associated Names
Jacques de Gheyn II

Artist, Dutch, 1565 - 1629

The image shows a landscape with a detailed tree in the center, hills, and distant trees in the background. The brush strokes give texture to the scene. The color scheme is primarily sepia. Near the bottom left, there is a bush and a round object. The landscape extends towards the horizon, where more trees are visible against the sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Robert H. and Clarice Smith

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 25.7 x 39.1 cm (10 1/8 x 15 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1979.76.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Kaienann, Brussels (according to C. Gasc, verso); A.P.E. Gasc (Lugt 1131), Charles Gasc (Lugt 544) with his attribution to Elsheimer on the verso and the inscription "Dessin acheté à Paris 11,774 le Juillet 1860"; (H. Shickman Gallery, New York); Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Smith; gift to NGA, 1979.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1974

  • NGA Recent Acquisitions 1974, no. 75.

1978

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, p. 51.

1983

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., February 1983.

Bibliography

1983

  • Van Regteren Altena 1983, vol.2, 957.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 667, no. 1059, color repro.

1986

  • Rotterdam 1986, 94.

Inscriptions

inscribed by Ch. Gasc across center verso: Elsheimer (Adam) [det] Francfort et Tedesco ne a Francfort sur le Mein en 1574, mort en 1620 / Eleve de B. [O]ffenbach. / h= 0,25 8 l= 0,391 / Dessin achete a Paris 11,774 le Juillet 1860 / Collection Kaienmann de Bruxel les) / Ch. Gase (Lugt 1068)

Wikidata ID

Q64580112

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