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Source Description
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.
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Document identity
localId
329355
label
Wooded Landscape
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obj
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
id
329355
contentType
drawing
title
Wooded Landscape
description
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.
date
after 1648
citation
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79876041
creators
13111
genreSpecific
Drawing
imageCount
1
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import
dimensionsRaw
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.)
cul
Netherlands
accession
2019.16
Source extras
tec
Charcoal applied wet, brush and black and brown and white washes; black ink framing line on antique brown laid paper
tombstone
Wooded Landscape, after 1648. Anthonie Waterloo (Dutch, 1609/10–1690). Charcoal applied wet, brush and black and brown and white washes; black ink framing line on antique brown laid paper; 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2019.16
collection
DR - Dutch
inscriptions
inscription
On verso, pen or graphite inscription (erased?) A. Pynnier
inscription_remark
(inscription read via IR photography)
didYouKnow
Studies of dense forests and individual trees were a specialty of Dutch artists in the 1600s.
citations
citation
Thomas Williams Fine Art Ltd. Old Master Drawings, July 2008. London: Thomas Williams Fine Art Ltd, 2008.
page_number
Cat. 22, p. 54-55
creditline
John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 08:56:43.071000
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329355
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Drawings
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DR - Dutch
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Charcoal applied wet, brush and black and brown and white washes; black ink framing line on antique brown laid paper
creatorTags
male
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1
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0
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photo
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a15a2d4b81a0673e