Horseman and Hunter in the Woods of Doorwerth, Near Arnhem
c. 1670
Medium
Pen and brown iron gall ink and brush and brown and gray washes, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
23.5 × 41.1 cm (9 5/16 × 16 3/16 in.)
Classification
drawings (visual works)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
238198
Art Historical Context
Lambert Doomer’s *Horseman and Hunter in the Woods of Doorwerth, Near Arnhem* captures a tranquil moment in the Dutch countryside around 1670. A mounted figure and a hunter on foot move through a densely wooded landscape, their forms gently framed by tall trees and dappled light. Doomer, a Dutch artist active during the Golden Age, was celebrated for his sensitive topographical drawings made during travels along the Rhine and through the Netherlands. This sheet reflects his fascination with real places rendered with poetic atmosphere rather than strict topography. Executed in pen and iron-gal...