Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00011299Wooded Landscape
About the Artwork
Known exclusively for his drawings and prints, the Dutch artist Anthonie Waterloo specialized in tree studies and dense forest scenes such as this drawing. Here he created a vista through groupings of tall trees, producing the effect of shimmering light and movement with his unique technique of using wet charcoal over dry chalk. He added a subtle white wash throughout the center of the composition to create the hint of the sun’s glow beyond the trees. Such a work would have been sold as a finished work of art.
Inscriptions
On verso, pen or graphite inscription (erased?) A. Pynnier
Provenance
Charles Duits [1882-1969], Dordrecht, Netherlands and London England July 2008: Thomas Williams Fine Art, London, England 2008-2019: Private Collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands March 4, 2019: the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Anthonie Waterloo (Dutch, 1609/10–1690)
- Date
- after 1648
- Medium
- Charcoal applied wet, brush and black and brown and white washes; black ink framing line on antique brown laid paper
- Dimensions
- Support: 34.9 x 53 cm (13 3/4 x 20 7/8 in.); Matted: 42.9 x 60.5 x 0.6 cm (16 7/8 x 23 13/16 x 1/4 in.); Image: 28.8 x 46.3 cm (11 5/16 x 18 1/4 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Accession no.
- 2019.16
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