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The image shows a riverside scene with a view slightly above the water, displaying the river, sailboats in the distance, a boat with rowers, a small house by the riverbank, and a village with a steeple. The style is monochromatic with various shades of gray and smooth brushstrokes. The sky has billowing clouds and birds flying above.
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The image shows a riverside scene with a view slightly above the water, displaying the river, sailboats in the distance, a boat with rowers, a small house by the riverbank, and a village with a steeple. The style is monochromatic with various shades of gray and smooth brushstrokes. The sky has billowing clouds and birds flying above.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

Ameide on the River Lek

Nicolaas Wicart

Medium
gray wash over black chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 37.3 x 50.4 cm (14 11/16 x 19 13/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1996.128.36
Credit line
Gift of the Christian Humann Foundation
Time span
1726 to 1750
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Dutch
  • Landscape
  • Netherlands
  • landscape
  • River
Provenance

Christian Humann; The Christian Humann Foundation, Paris, 1981; gift to NGA, 1996.

Inscription

lower left in pen and black ink: N. Wicart ad Vivum; lower left verso in pen and black ink: 4 Dorp Ameijde aan de Lek (Town of Ameide on the Lek)

Watermarks

D & C over B in coat of arms

NGA object ID 91286. 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.