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The image depicts a landscape scene with a slightly elevated point of view. The horizon is high in the composition, featuring trees and a structure. The artwork uses loose brushstrokes with ink or a similar medium, creating a sketch-like quality with minimal detail. The color palette is monochromatic in varying shades of brown on tan paper, giving it an earthy and subdued visual impact. Sketchy lines suggest a small path or stream leading towards the trees and structure in the distance.
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The image depicts a landscape scene with a slightly elevated point of view. The horizon is high in the composition, featuring trees and a structure. The artwork uses loose brushstrokes with ink or a similar medium, creating a sketch-like quality with minimal detail. The color palette is monochromatic in varying shades of brown on tan paper, giving it an earthy and subdued visual impact. Sketchy lines suggest a small path or stream leading towards the trees and structure in the distance.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Landscape with Farm Buildings among Trees

Rembrandt van Rijn

Date
c. 1650/1655
Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 6.2 x 16.7 cm (2 7/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1991.217.75
Credit line
The Armand Hammer Collection
Time span
1601 to 1650
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Baroque
  • Dutch
  • Landscape
  • Netherlands
  • landscape
Provenance

Dr. Francis Springell [1898-1974], Portinscale, Keswick, England, by 1943; P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., 1979; Armand Hammer Collection, Los Angeles, 1981; gift to NGA, 1991.

NGA object ID 74276. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.