The Monterberg Seen from Kalkar
ca. early 1670s
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and washes in brownish, grayish and greenish tints, on ledger paper with two horizontal red lines printed near the upper border.
Dimensions
9 5/16 x 16 1/16 in. (23.6 x 40.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.770
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the serene Dutch countryside with Lambert Doomer's *The Monterberg Seen fromar* (ca. early 1670s), a captivating landscape drawing that captures a panoramic view from the town of Kalkar toward the distant Monterberg hill. Doomer, a Dutch artist active during the Golden Age, specialized in detailed topographical sketches, often infused with everyday pastoral elements like grazing cows, evoking the tranquility of the Rhine region's lowlands. Rendered in pen and brown ink with subtle brush washes in brownish, grayish, greenish tints, the work masterfully builds depth and atmosphere on ...