A River Landscape / Jan Brueghel / Attributed to Jan Brueghel
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Record Details
- 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
- Credit Line
- Joseph F. McCrindle Collection
- Style/Group/Movement
- Baroque
- Inscription
- Inscribed in pencil on mount, beneath drawing:: Mariette olive
- Period
- Europe, Baroque (1590-1750)
- Dimensions
- 44.45 cm x 57.15 cm (17 1/2 in. x 22 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- 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.
- Secondary Keywords
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- drawing and drawing techniques
- image-making processes and techniques
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- riverine bodies
- settlements and landscapes
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 4632 x 2800
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 2009/1.493
- Link to this Item
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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.