A Landscape with a Great Tree
1584
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
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Herman van Swanevelt
Herman van Swanevelt (1603–1655) was a Dutch artist, born in Woerden.
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ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
A Landscape with a Great Tree is a 1584 ink by Herman van Swanevelt, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This drawing shows a simple, dark landscape with a lone tree in the center. The tree has a thick trunk and small branches, standing on a patch of grass. Behind it, a hill rises, covered in wavy lines that look like fields or water. The edges of the paper are slightly uneven, and the whole scene is framed by a rough border. The artist used a technique that leaves fine, scratchy lines—this isn’t paint, but ink pressed into the paper. The details are delicate, almost like a sketch that was carefully printed. Next, look up etching to see how this method works.
Herman van Swanevelt (1603–1655) was a Dutch artist, born in Woerden.
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