Landscape with Trees, Farm Buildings and a Tower

c. 1651

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image features a rural landscape with a thatched-roof building slightly to the right, a horizon in the distance blending into a line of trees. The brushstrokes show fine details, with cross-hatching creating texture in foliage and shadows. The color palette is monochromatic, using dark and light shades to depict contrast in sunny and shaded areas. The sky has light cross-hatching. Close to us, the ground is open and textured, leading to buildings and trees.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7125

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 223, State iv/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Richard Gutekunst [1870-1961], Bern (Lugt 2213a); Alphonse Legros; Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b), purchased from Richard Zinser, 1940; given to the National Gallery of Art 1943

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1945

  • Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, IN, 1945, no. 46.

1958

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

1960

  • Graphic Masterpieces of Five Hundred Years from the Rosenwald Collection, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1960, 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.

2006

  • Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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. 256, state iv/iv.

Wikidata ID

Q65024578

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