Landscape with a Cottage and a Large Tree

1641

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image shows a rural scene with a building on the left surrounded by trees. The detailed etching technique highlights the textures of trees and the building. In the distance, there is a town with small buildings and structures. The image is monochrome with various shades of black ink, emphasizing the detailed lines and shadows. The right side of the image shows fields and water extending towards the horizon with the town.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12.9 x 32.3 cm (5 1/16 x 12 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 13.4 x 32.7 cm (5 1/4 x 12 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7109

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 226, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b); given to the National Gallery of Art 1943

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1930

  • Prints and Drawings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1930.

  • Rembrandt Etchings: Lent by Mr. Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1930.

1932

  • Etchings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Sears, Roebuck, and Co. Art Galleries, Washington, D.C., 1932.

1956

  • Rembrandt and His Pupils, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1956, no. 10.

1958

  • Drawings and Prints by Rembrandt from the Rosenwald and Widener Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1958, no catalogue.

1965

  • Landscape Prints by Rembrandt and other Dutch Artists from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, no cat.

1971

  • A Selection of 17th Century Intaglio Prints from the National Gallery of Art , Rosenwald Collection, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, 1971-1972, no. 28, repro.

1972

  • Western Maryland College, Westminster, 1972.

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.

1990

  • Schneider, Cynthia P. Rembrandt's Landscapes. New Haven, 1990: no. i/ii.

1996

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Rembrandt, Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1993-, no. 198, state only.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Rembrandt 1641; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: P18098; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: B226

Wikidata ID

Q65024542

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