Landscape (after Paul Bril)

Herman van Swanevelt

Associated Names
Herman van Swanevelt

Artist, Dutch, c. 1600 - 1655

The image shows a landscape scene with a rugged, rocky terrain, delicate trees, loose and expressive brushstrokes, a muted color palette dominated by shades of brown, beige, and gray, and a layered effect created by branching trees and rocky formations.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown and gray wash on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 27.2 x 41.3 cm (10 11/16 x 16 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1971.22.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

C. G. Boerner

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1974

  • NGA Recent Acquisitions 1974, no. 47.

Bibliography

2010

  • Steland, Anne Charlotte. Herman van Swanevelt (um 1603-1655): Gemälde und Zeichnungen. Petersburg, 2010, 1: 70, 325, no. Z 2, 106; 2: 561, Abb. Z 35.

Inscriptions

in later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 8670 / DWCZZ

Wikidata ID

Q64574225

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