A River Landscape / Jan Brueghel / Attributed to Jan Brueghel

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Accession Number
2009/1.493
Title
A River Landscape
Artist
Jan Brueghel
Artist Nationality
Flemish
Medium and Support
gouache and ink on paper
Object Creation Date
1575-1650
Style/Group/Movement
Baroque
Inscription
Inscribed in pencil on mount, beneath drawing:: Mariette olive
Dimensions
44.45 cm x 57.15 cm (17 1/2 in. x 22 1/2 in.)
Physical Description
This gouache and ink drawing on paper is of a river, many people, and sailboats. In the foreground of the right side there is a tall, leafy tree. To the immediate left of the tree is a group of people varying in age. In the right background there are buildings.
The drawing depicts a river with at least a dozen boats of various sizes in the fore- and middle grounds. The ships range in size from a larger boat with a single tall mast, to smaller boats with and without sails, including a small boat in the lower left corner poled by a man standing in the stern that seems to be ferrying a group of people across the river. Many of the boats are docked and are being loaded or unloaded. The spires and rooftops of towns are visible on both riverbanks.
Subject Matter
This sketch depicts a bustling river scene, a common subject of seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish art. The artist used lightly drawn pen lines to create the forms and figures of the landscape, and then applied a gray wash that lightens in the background areas to create a sense of distance and atmosphere.
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Image Size
4632 x 2800
File Size
2 MB
Record
2009/1.493
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-1.493/2009_1_493.jpg

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"A River Landscape; Jan Brueghel; Attributed to Jan Brueghel." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-1.493/2009_1_493.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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