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<em>Zuijlen Castle Near Utrecht </em>by Dutch artist Roelant Roghman is one of more than 200 drawings the artist made featuring castles, manor houses, and fortresses during a tour around the Netherlands. The artist traveled on foot to capture the present state of the buildings after a long and protracted war with Spain. He used large sheets of paper and combined ink wash and charcoal, capturing the buildings on the spot and then embellishing each with landscape elements.
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286023
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Zuylen Castle Near Utrecht
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drawing
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286023
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drawing
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Zuylen Castle Near Utrecht
description
<em>Zuijlen Castle Near Utrecht </em>by Dutch artist Roelant Roghman is one of more than 200 drawings the artist made featuring castles, manor houses, and fortresses during a tour around the Netherlands. The artist traveled on foot to capture the present state of the buildings after a long and protracted war with Spain. He used large sheets of paper and combined ink wash and charcoal, capturing the buildings on the spot and then embellishing each with landscape elements.
date
c. 1646–47
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q115755005
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286020
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Drawing
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1
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import
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Image: 30.6 x 43.3 cm (12 1/16 x 17 1/16 in.); Sheet: 38.2 x 50.7 cm (15 1/16 x 19 15/16 in.)
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Netherlands
accession
2020.145.a
Source extras
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black chalk on paper
tombstone
Zuylen Castle Near Utrecht, c. 1646–47. Roelant Roghman (Dutch, 1627–1692). Black chalk on paper; image: 30.6 x 43.3 cm (12 1/16 x 17 1/16 in.); sheet: 38.2 x 50.7 cm (15 1/16 x 19 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift, 2020.145.a
collection
DR - Dutch
inscriptions
inscription
In black ink, recto, lower left: "R. Roghman (signed)"
inscription
in black ink, recto, lower right: "Zuylen"
didYouKnow
In the 1640s, the artist Roelant Roghman spent two years traveling by foot and drawing manor houses, fortresses, and civic buildings throughout the Netherlands.
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Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
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2026-06-11 12:17:40.584000
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286023
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Drawings
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DR - Dutch
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black chalk on paper
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male
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