Landscape with Three Gabled Cottages beside a Road

1650

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image depicts a rural scene with thatched-roof cottages clustered on the left side. The viewpoint is slightly elevated, showing a low horizon and a large tree dominating the right side. The detailed brushstrokes emphasize the foliage of the tree and the texture of the roofs. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of black, gray, and white for contrast. In the distance, additional structures can be seen.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16.2 x 20.5 cm (6 3/8 x 8 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 18 x 22.6 cm (7 1/16 x 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9116

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 217, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b) from Knoedler & Co 1930; given to the National Gallery of Art 1943

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1930

  • Prints and Drawings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1930

  • Rembrandt Etchings: Lent by Mr. Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1930.

1932

  • Etchings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Sears, Roebuck, and Co. Art Galleries, Washington, D.C., 1932.

1933

  • An Exhibition of Prints from the Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1933, no. 102.

1935

  • Paintings, Drawings, and Etchings by Rembrandt and his Circle, Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1935-1936, no. 89.

1944

  • 17th-Century Landscape Prints, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1944-1945.

1965

  • Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1965, no. 55.

1966

  • Rembrandt, Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., 1966-1967.

1984

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., February 1984.

1990

  • Rembrandt's Landscapes: Drawings and Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 20, repro.

1995

  • Imitation and Invention: Old Master Prints and Their Sources, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

2006

  • Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Bibliography

1923

  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923.

1969

  • White, Christopher and Karel G. Boon. Rembrandt's Etchings. 2 vols. Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co., 1969.

1990

  • Schneider, Cynthia P. Rembrandt's Landscapes: Prints and Drawings. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1990: no. 20.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Rembrandt, Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1993-, no. 248, state iii/iii.

Wikidata ID

Q65024907

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