A Giant Oak at the Edge of a Forest

1840s(?)

Cornelis Steffelaar

Associated Names
Cornelis Steffelaar

Artist, Dutch, 1795 - 1861

The image displays a large tree with a thick trunk and expansive branches. The tree's bark texture is detailed, and its leaves create a dense canopy. Other trees are faintly visible in the background. The color palette is monochromatic, using black and white gradients to create contrast and depth.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink and wash on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 47.5 × 34 cm (18 11/16 × 13 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.16.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, April 1962, no. 355); private collection, The Netherlands; (Mireille Mosler Ltd., New York); purchased 2014 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2016

  • Recent Acquisitions of Dutch and Flemish Drawings, NGA, 2016.

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: C Steffelaar f.

Wikidata ID

Q64540407

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