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Wooded Landscape

Anthonie WaterlooLinkedCulture matchlcp-ac8752fb0223

Date: after 1648
Medium: Charcoal applied wet, brush and black and brown and white washes; black ink framing line on antique brown laid paper
Culture: Netherlands
Department: Drawings
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 329355

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Known exclusively for his drawings and prints, the Dutch artist Anthonie Waterloo specialized in tree studies and dense forest scenes such as this drawing. Here he created a vista through groupings of tall trees, producing the effect of shimmering light and movement with his unique technique of using wet charcoal over dry chalk. He added a subtle white wash throughout the center of the composition to create the hint of the sun’s glow beyond the trees. Such a work would have been sold as a finished work of art. Studies of dense forests and individual trees were a specialty of Dutch artists in the 1600s.

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Credit line: John L. Severance Fund
Provenance: Charles Duits [1882-1969], Dordrecht, Netherlands and London England | July 2008: Thomas Williams Fine Art, London, England | 2008-2019: Private Collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands | March 4, 2019: the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH