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Landscape with figures in a deep ravine making their way towards a natural archway

Drawing
17th century
Artist/Maker
Roghman, Roelant
Place of origin
Holland

Study of trees and rocks; a natural archway on the left, and woman and child in the foreground


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleLandscape with figures in a deep ravine making their way towards a natural archway
Materials and techniques
Pen and brown ink, with two shades of brown wash and brownish-grey wash, corrected with opaque white (now oxidized), over black chalk; framing line in brown ink
Paper
Pen
Bistre
Drawing
Wash Technique
Brief description
Drawing, Landscape with figures in a deep ravine making their way towards a natural archway, Roelant Roghman, Dutch School, 17th century
Physical description
Study of trees and rocks; a natural archway on the left, and woman and child in the foreground
Dimensions
  • Height: 154mm
  • Width: 230mm
Style
Dutch School
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
Signed at lower left, in brown ink, 'R. Roghman'
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
Rev. Alexander Dyce (1798–1869), London, by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. Suppl. 153b), 1869.
Subjects depicted
Woman
Child
Trees
Rocks
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum (London, 2014), vol.I, cat.168, pp.220-21
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.456

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
Record URL
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