Past Exhibition

Drawings by Jacques de Gheyn

The image shows a landscape with a detailed tree in the center, hills, and distant trees in the background. The brush strokes give texture to the scene. The color scheme is primarily sepia. Near the bottom left, there is a bush and a round object. The landscape extends towards the horizon, where more trees are visible against the sky.
Jacques de Gheyn II, Landscape with Sleeping Peasants, c. 1605, pen and brown ink on laid paper, Gift of Robert H. and Clarice Smith, 1979.76.2

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    East Building, Ground Floor, Northwest, Pod II (2,500 sq. ft.)
The image shows a landscape with a detailed tree in the center, hills, and distant trees in the background. The brush strokes give texture to the scene. The color scheme is primarily sepia. Near the bottom left, there is a bush and a round object. The landscape extends towards the horizon, where more trees are visible against the sky.
Jacques de Gheyn II, Landscape with Sleeping Peasants, c. 1605, pen and brown ink on laid paper, Gift of Robert H. and Clarice Smith, 1979.76.2

Overview: 100 drawings from 30 lenders were selected by A.W.F.M. Meij and J.A. Poot of the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen in Rotterdam, where the exhibition was first shown. It followed the publication of the catalogue raisonné of the drawings of Jacques de Gheyn, based on the doctoral thesis and a lifetime of research by J.Q. van Regteren Altena.

Organization: Andrew Robison was coordinator at the National Gallery.

Sponsor: The exhibition was supported by an indemnity from the United States Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

Attendance: 24,720

Catalog: Jacques de Gheyn II Drawings, by A.W.F.M. Meij. Rotterdam: Museum Boymans-van Beuningen.

Other Venues:

  • Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 12/14/1985–02/09/1986

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