Small Gray Landscape: a House and Trees beside a Pool

c. 1640

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image shows a landscape with trees from an elevated viewpoint. The horizon holds dense tree lines, continuing into the distance. The artwork uses cross-hatching and linear strokes for texture. The monochromatic color palette uses dark ink shades on a light background. A figure stands near a small building, adding scale to the scene. The sky above has elongated streaks that could represent clouds or light filtering through the atmosphere.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1950.1.115

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 207, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ambroise Firmin-Didot (Lugt 119); Albert Elliot McVitty (1862c); Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b) purchased from Parke-Bernet through Sessler 1949; given to the National Gallery of Art 1950

Associated Names

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.

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. 181, state only.

Wikidata ID

Q65082116

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