Forest Landscape
early 17th–mid 17th century
Medium
Black chalk, gray wash; framing line in pen and brown ink
Dimensions
sheet: 10 3/8 x 14 9/16 in. (26.3 x 37 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Frits and Rita Markus Fund, 2012
Accession Number
2012.41
Tags
Art Historical Context
Lodewijk de Vadd *Forest Landscape*, created in the early to mid-17th century, captures the dense, atmospheric beauty of nature in a delicate drawing on paper. Measuring 10 3/8 x 14 9/16 inches, this work exemplifies the Flemish artist's mastery of landscape depiction during the Baroque era. De Vadder, active in Brussels, drew inspiration from the rich woodland traditions of earlier masters like Jan Brueghel the, rendering forests as immersive, almost mystical realms teeming with intricate foliage and subtle depth. Rendered in black chalk and gray wash, with a framing line in pen and brown in...
About the Artist
Lodewijk de Vadder · 1605–1655
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