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The Town and Castle of Saumur from across the Loire
Creator
Lambert DoomerDutch Artist · 1624–1700
All works by this person →Lambert Doomer's father, a frame-maker and cabinetmaker, first trained his son to be a joiner. By the early 1640s, however, Doomer was probably studying with one of his father's picture-frame customers, Rembrandt van Rijn, who painted portraits of Doomer's parents. Known for his work as a topographical draftsman, Doomer largely based his drawings on his travels. In 1646 he visited his brothers at
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- about 1670
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, brown-gray, red and green washes, on ledger paper
- Culture
- Dutch
- Department
- Drawings
- Institution
- Getty Museum
About 1670, Lambert Doomer made this drawing following an earlier drawing composed during a trip to northern France in 1646. While carefully depicting the town of Saumur's landmarks, he added local citizens and animals to give the vista a picturesque effect. He enlivened the scene with color, using subtle modulations of wash to suggest the sky's atmosphere and light and shadow on the ground. Doomer made over twenty drawings of Saumur. He centered this composition on the town's château with the river Loire in the foreground. At the foot of the château sits the church of Saint-Pierre. Saumur's other churches, Nôtre-Dame de Natilly and Nôtre-Dame des Ardilliers, appear at the right. The stone structure next to the seated draftsman at left may be the church of Saint-Lambert, an identification supported by the inscription on the verso.
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