River Landscape

1544

German 16th Century

Associated Names
German 16th Century

Artist

The image depicts a landscape featuring a distant ridge of hills, with faint outlines of a structure along the horizon. The sky is characterized by dense clusters of clouds. The vegetation and trees are intricately detailed, with earthy tones dominating the color palette. Depth is conveyed through the layering of trees and diminishing detail in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with white heightening on red-brown prepared paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 20.6 x 31.8 cm (8 1/8 x 12 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1971.66.6

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. [d. 1970] and Mrs. Lester Francis Avnet, Great Neck, Long Island, NY; purchased 19 October 1971 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1974

  • NGA Recent Acquisitions 1974, no. 9 (as Nuremberg Master (Monogrammist P.S.?)

1977

  • Paper in Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1977, no. 78.

1978

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, p. 27.

1979

  • Early German Drawings & Prints: Two Recent Acquisitions and Related Works, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1979, no. 11.

Bibliography

1982

  • Kaufmann 1982, 5 (as Master HWG (?)).

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 661, no. 1041, color repro.

1985

  • Kaufmann, Thomas Dacosta. "A Census of Drawings from the Holy Roman Empire, 1540-1680, in North American Collections" Central European History xviii, 1 (1985):4-13, 70-74, 94.

Inscriptions

falsely dated, upper center in white and black ink: 1514 (originally 1544); inscribed below date by a later hand: AD

Wikidata ID

Q64571883

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