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Heuvelachtig landschap

Willem de Heusch

1635 - 1692

Medium

pen

Dimensions

h 222mm × w 169mm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

paper; ink; pencil

Object Type

drawing

Subject Matter

low hill country

Acquisition Method

purchase

Acquired

1904

Notes

height 222 mm x width 169 mm

Collection Type

drawings

About Willem de Heusch

1625–1692 • Dutch Republic

Painted in the style of the Dutch Italianates. In 1656 at the age of 18, he left for Italy, where he remained for several years. He was a pupil of Jan Both, whose teachings he would always retain. He returned to Holland an older man, and there he continued to paint landscapes with ruins. He was one of the most acknowledged representatives of the Dutch Italianates and preceded the arrival of the great Dutch landscapists. Comment on works: Landscapes with ruins; mythological subjects, landscapes with figures.