Peasants in a Rocky Landscape

Also known as: Peasants in a Landscape

Inscriptions

VERSO (OR RECTO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, visible through transmitted light): [various characters, penmanship exercises?] ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, center, in graphite: 94 [circled] ; lower center, in graphite: 2 a

Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1970. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).

Quick Overview

Artist: Jan Wouwerman (Dutch, 1629–1666)
Date: 1629–66
Medium: brush and black ink, brush and gray wash, and black chalk; framing lines in black ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 34.9 x 23.9 cm (13 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.); Secondary Support: 34.9 x 23.9 cm (13 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.); Tertiary Support: 42 x 30.6 cm (16 9/16 x 12 1/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawing
Department: Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin
Accession no.: 1970.286

Provenance

The Cleveland Museum of Art’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.