Grain Field at the Edge of a Wood (Corn Field)

Jacob van Ruisdael

Associated Names
Jacob van Ruisdael

Artist, Dutch, c. 1628/1629 - 1682

The image shows a landscape with an open field, a line of trees, and clouds in the sky. It uses a fine etching or engraving technique with detailed line work, capturing the textures of the grassy fields and trees. The color palette is monochromatic with black ink on tan paper. Detailed grass and brushwork is visible in the foreground, with a dense cluster of trees further back. The sky features cloud formations suggested through dynamic lines and curves.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1944.8.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 5, State ii/v

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1949

  • Goethe as a Print Lover: to Celebrate the Bicentennial of his Birth, Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA, 1949, no catalogue.

1980

  • Printmaking in the Age of Rembrandt, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and The Saint Louis Art Museum, 1980-1981, no. 124, repro.

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

1981

  • Slive 1981, 103.

Wikidata ID

Q65021315

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