River Landscape with a Tall Tree on the Right

Artist/Maker

Material / Technique

Dimensionsh x w: 31,1 x 24,3 cm

Inventory numberNMH 2144/1863

Other titlesTitle (sv): Flodlandskap med högt träd till höger Title (en): River Landscape with a Tall Tree on the Right

DescriptionDescription: Black chalk, pen and black ink, point of brush in grey and grey wash, 311 x 243 mm. The black chalk is set off on the ridges of the fairly coarse paper, and the chain lines can be seen as white vertical lines. The darker areas and outlines are executed partly in chalk, partly with the brush. In a small area on the tree trunk to the right the pen seems to have been used. Watermark: Fleur-de-lis. Chain lines: 25–26 mm. Inscribed on the mount, Waterloo and van Blomen (struck out), and numbered 1943 (Sparre), all in pen and brown ink. The technique of this drawing is puzzling. It seems possible that the underlying chalk drawing is a counter-proof, reworked in chalk, but largely with the brush and with small insertions in pen and ink. The two figures in the foreground, standing in the water, are done entirely with the brush. Perhaps they represent mythological figures, but they seem very small compared with the tree on the right. Black chalk, pen and black ink, point of brush in grey and grey wash, 311 x 243 mm. The black chalk is set off on the ridges of the fairly coarse paper, and the chain lines can be seen as white vertical lines. The darker areas and outlines are executed partly in chalk, partly with the brush. In a small area on the tree trunk to the right the pen seems to have been used. Watermark: Fleur-de-lis. Chain lines: 25–26 mm. Inscribed on the mount, Waterloo and van Blomen (struck out), and numbered 1943 (Sparre), all in pen and brown ink. The technique of this drawing is puzzling. It seems possible that the underlying chalk drawing is a counter-proof, reworked in chalk, but largely with the brush and with small insertions in pen and ink. The two figures in the foreground, standing in the water, are done entirely with the brush. Perhaps they represent mythological figures, but they seem very small compared with the tree on the right. [Magnusson, Dutch Drawings no. 474]

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Geographical origin

MaterialPaper, Ink, Black chalk (Crayon)

TechniqueDrawing, Wash drawing

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