Wooded Landscape with a House beside a River
17th century
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brown, blue, and gray wash
Dimensions
6 1/4 x 10 1/16 in. (15.9 x 25.6 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Malcolm Hewitt Wiener Foundation Gift and Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2001
Accession Number
2001.113
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Wooded Landscape with a House a River** by Lucas van Uden captures the lush, atmospheric beauty of 17th-century Flemish countryside. Created during the Baroque era, this intimate drawing (6 1/4 x 10 1/16 in.) showcases van Uden's mastery of landscape as a standalone genre. A prominent figure in Antwerp's artistic scene, he specialized in wooded vistas teeming with trees, rivers and humble dwellings, often evoking a sense of harmonious nature infused with subtle grandeur. Executed in pen and brown ink with brown, blue, and gray washes, the work demonstrates van Uden's skillful use of layered...
About the Artist
Lucas van Uden · 1595–1673
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