Landscape with Elegant Figures by a River, with Boats to the Right and a Town Behind Trees Beyond
Medium
Brush and gray wash, with touches of white wash, over touches of charcoal, ruled in pen and brown ink, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
14.7 × 19.4 cm (5 13/16 × 7 11/16 in.)
Classification
prints and drawing
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
198850
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Evocative of a blustery spring day, this drawing by landscape specialist Everdingen includes a church with cloisters in the left background, a tower by the water’s edge at center, several boats navigating choppy water, and a group of figures looking into the composition instead of out toward the viewer. Everdingen is known to have created several series describing the months of the year, and a number 4 on the verso of this drawing suggests that it may have belonged to such a series, likely repre...