Landscape
Isaak Major
early 17th century
Medium
Pen and blue ink, brush and blue wash
Dimensions
Overall: 5 5/16 x 8 1/4 in. (13.5 x 21 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1966
Accession Number
66.93.5
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
LandscapesTrees
Art Historical Context
In this delicate drawing, a dense cluster of trees fills the left and center, their twisting trunks and layered foliage rendered with fine pen lines and soft blue washes. A rocky outcrop with a winding path leads the eye toward the right, where a distant building appears amid an open landscape. The entire scene is executed