Landscape
Medium
Black chalk, framing line in pen and black ink
Dimensions
12 1/2 x 16 11/16 in. (31.8 x 42.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1944
Accession Number
44.108.1
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate *Landscape*, created by an anonymous Dutch artist in the 18th century, captures the enduring Dutch fascination with nature during a time when the Golden Age's love for pastoral scenes evolved into more intimate, observational drawings. Rendered in black chalk with a subtle framing line in pen and black ink, the work measures 12½ x 16⅝ inches and likely depicts a wooded vista with human figures—men amid trees—evoking the everyday harmony between people and the land that defined Dutch visual culture. Black chalk was a favored medium for 17th- and 18th-century Dutch draftsmen, priz...