A Farmstead in a Wood

1500/1510

Nuremberg School

Associated Names
Nuremberg 15th Century

Artist

The image shows a bird's eye view of a dense forest landscape with a small farm nestled among the greenery. Detailed trees are depicted in rows at the bottom of the image, with a clearing in the center where buildings with triangular roofs are surrounded by large trees. The rooftops are highlighted in red and earthy tones, contrasting with the predominant deep greens and browns. The brushstrokes are detailed, providing a textured appearance to the foliage, which is depicted with curling lines and stippled dots. The color palette is mainly subdued, with gentle greens and browns creating a calming visual impact.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink and watercolor with white gouache on 4 joined pieces of parchment

  • Credit Line

    Woodner Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 45.4 x 55.8 cm (17 7/8 x 21 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.17.8

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Archduke Ferdinand, Vienna; by descent to Archduke Friedrich (formerly Albertina, inv. nos. 19790 and 19791) until 1918; Dr. Edwin Czeczowiczka, Vienna; (his sale, Berlin, Boerner und Graupe, 12 May 1930, lot 6); (private sale, Sotheby's, January 1984); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990; gift to NGA, 1998.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1985

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1985, 93 (checklist only).

1986

  • Dibujos de los siglos XIV al XX: Colección Woodner, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1986-87, no. 56.

  • Meisterzeichnungen aus Sechs Jahrhunderten: Die Sammlung Ian Woodner, Haus der Kunst, Munich and Vienna, 1986, no. 47.

1987

  • Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1987, no. 43.

1990

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 53.

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 29.

2006

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007.

2017

  • The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries, NGA, 2017.

Bibliography

1938

  • Rave, P.O. Deutsche Landschaft in fünf Jahrhunderten deutscher Malerei. Berlin, 1938: 84, 186.

1987

  • Melikian, Souren. "A Master Collector, Ian Woodner: An Eye for the Future." Art & Auction. (November 1987): 86.

1993

  • Wood, Christopher S. Albrecht Altdorfer and the Origins of Landscape. London, 1993, 206, 302 note 14, fig. 142.

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996: no. 29.

Wikidata ID

Q64618519

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