Sandy Slope with a Hut
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Material / Technique
Dimensionsh x w: Mått 13,1 x 19,2 cm
Inventory numberNMH Anck 373
AcqusitionPurchase 1896
Other titlesTitle (sv): Sandig sluttning med en koja Title (en): Sandy Slope with a Hut
DescriptionDescription: Pen and brown ink, point of brush in brown and black, yellowish-brown wash in the foreground, darker brown in the background, white body colour in the left foreground on the slope and on the trees at the top, 131 x 192 mm. Ruled framing lines in black ink. Laid down. Inscribed in the lower right corner, Rimbrant (C. G. Tessin), and numbered 326, in pen and brown ink. Like the previous drawing [NMH Anck 375], this one was kept by Tessin and sold after his death at a sale in 1786. That it was appreciated is shown by the fact that it is surrounded by a strip of gilt paper. The drawing is a copy of one in the Fondation Custodia, Paris. The original is a detailed pen drawing, whereas the copy is largely done with the brush. In the copy the forms have been greatly simplified; the cart seen through the open doors of the larger shed is no longer recognizable as a cart. Curiously, an insignificant detail such as two stumps of wood sticking out of the ground in the left foreground has been reproduced. The style differs from Lievens. The closest parallels seem to be some brush drawings attributed by Sumowski to Pieter de With, such as a forest landscape in Edinburgh. That drawing has been compared with Lievens’s paintings rather than his drawings, but Keith Andrews was reluctant to give it to De With. [Magnusson, Dutch Drawings no. 246]
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Geographical origin
TechniqueDrawing, Elevated, Wash drawing
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