![]() 4 Benesch compared it to a sketch at Chatsworth, which is similar in size and equally refined in handling (Fig. It shares with landscape prints and other drawings datable to the early 1650s the oblong format, diagonally receding space, and economical handling. Landscape with a Farmstead dates from about 1650, one of Rembrandt’s most productive periods as a landscape draftsman and printmaker. 3 Consequently, although the attribution of the Harvard study to him has never been questioned, it is difficult to establish his authorship on grounds other than its sheer mastery and the similarity of its technique to that of other generally accepted studies of this type. Very few landscapes belong to the “core” drawings that can be attributed to Rembrandt with confidence. Rembrandt executed Landscape with a Farmstead using both pen and brush, although primarily the brush, even in many of the finer lines. 1 The spare lines, interacting with the reserved areas of the lightly toned paper, create a convincing illusion of spatial recession in a vista that encompasses a fence along a road, a farmstead in the middle distance, and flat, watery polder land stretching to a mill on the horizon. “In its simplicity, it is one of Rembrandt’s most impressive sketches,” wrote Otto Benesch, the cataloguer of the artist’s drawings, and this small study indisputably ranks among the finest examples of his ability to evoke, with a few strokes of the pen and brush, the essential topographical features and atmospheric impression of a landscape. 2879, mount, verso, lower left), sold, to Charles A. 119, mount, verso, lower left) sold Freiherr Max von Heyl zu Herrnsheim, Darmstadt (L. Possibly General Antoine-Francois Andreossy (according to Firmin-Didot sale). 2879 (Freiherr Max von Heyl zu Herrnsheim) 119 (Ambroise Firmin Didot)Ĭollector's mark: mount, verso, lower left, black ink stamp: L. ![]() Inscription: mount, verso, lower center, graphite: 225.Ĭollector's mark: mount, verso, lower left, black ink stamp: L. ![]() Landscape with a Farmstead ("Winter Landscape")īrown ink, pale brown wash, and incidental marks in black chalk on cream antique laid paper, prepared with light rose-brown wash, mounted overall, framing line in brown ink van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam) This object does not yet have a description. ![]()
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