Arcadian Landscape
n.d.
Medium
Point of brush, gray ink and wash
Dimensions
sheet: 11 7/8 x 10 in. (30.2 x 25.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harry G. Sperling Fund and The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2003
Accession Number
2003.89
Tags
Art Historical Context
Johannes Glauber's *Arcadian Landscape* invites viewers into an idealized pastoral world, where classical monuments rise gently amid rolling terrain and human figures suggest quiet contemplation. Created with point of brush, gray ink, and delicate washes, the drawing exemplifies the refined draftsmanship prized in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. The medium allows for both precise architectural detail and soft atmospheric effects, giving the scene a luminous, almost ethereal quality within its modest sheet size of roughly 12 by 10 inches. Glauber, active during the Dutch G...