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Abraham Bloemaert, active in Utrecht, was a painter, prolific draftsman, print designer, and important teacher. Bloemaert was an important precursor of the new wave of realism in Dutch art in the 1620s. Artist and author Karel van Mander (1548-1606) wrote the following description of Bloemaert=s drawings in 1604 which seems to correspond very closely to this work: With art lovers there are also by him very attractive landscapes with some attractive and funny farmhouses, farm tools, trees, and backgrounds, things to be seen around Utrecht in great numbers and variety, for he does very much from life, having a very attractive way of drawing and handling with the pen, to which he then adds some succulent touches of colors for a special seemliness.
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119937
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Peasant's Cottage (recto); Bridge and Gate (verso)
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119937
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drawing
title
Peasant's Cottage (recto); Bridge and Gate (verso)
description
Abraham Bloemaert, active in Utrecht, was a painter, prolific draftsman, print designer, and important teacher. Bloemaert was an important precursor of the new wave of realism in Dutch art in the 1620s. Artist and author Karel van Mander (1548-1606) wrote the following description of Bloemaert=s drawings in 1604 which seems to correspond very closely to this work: With art lovers there are also by him very attractive landscapes with some attractive and funny farmhouses, farm tools, trees, and backgrounds, things to be seen around Utrecht in great numbers and variety, for he does very much from life, having a very attractive way of drawing and handling with the pen, to which he then adds some succulent touches of colors for a special seemliness.
date
c. 1600
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q80015250
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2885
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Drawing
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1
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Sheet: 17.2 x 27.2 cm (6 3/4 x 10 11/16 in.)
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Netherlands, early 17th Century
accession
1940.737
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pen and brown ink with brush and brown, blue, red and yellow wash, over black and red chalk
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Peasant's Cottage (recto); Bridge and Gate (verso) , c. 1600. Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, 1566–1651). Pen and brown ink with brush and brown, blue, red and yellow wash, over black and red chalk; sheet: 17.2 x 27.2 cm (6 3/4 x 10 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee, 1940.737
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DR - Dutch
citations
citation
Francis, Henry. "Dutch Drawings." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>46, no. 3 (March 1959): 39-43.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 39
citation
Kretzschmar, Sabine, "Carefully Observed Terrain", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 36 no. 08, October 1996
page_number
Mentioned & reproduced: p. 7
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Bequest of James Parmelee
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2026-05-29 06:11:50.762000
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119937
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Drawings
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DR - Dutch
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pen and brown ink with brush and brown, blue, red and yellow wash, over black and red chalk
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male
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