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A Rocky Landscape with an Abbey or Manor House in a Valley and Figures in the Foreground

Drawing
mid-late 16th century (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
François, Simon (artist)

Landscape, with stunted trees growing on rocks, about which flights of birds are hovering; a group of figures is on the right in the foreground, some of the persons have crossed a bridge.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleA Rocky Landscape with an Abbey or Manor House in a Valley and Figures in the Foreground (published title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and brown ink, with grey wash; framing line in black ink
Pen
Brown Ink
Grey Wash
Paper
Drawing (Image-Making)
Wash Technique
Brief description
Drawing 'A Rocky Landscape with an Abbey or Manor House in a Valley and Figures in the Foreground', Anonymous North or South Netherlandish(?), pen and brown ink, mid to late 16th century
Physical description
Landscape, with stunted trees growing on rocks, about which flights of birds are hovering; a group of figures is on the right in the foreground, some of the persons have crossed a bridge.
Dimensions
  • Height: 110mm
  • Width: 170mm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • 564 (Inscribed at lower right, in brown ink (with the museum’s Dyce inv. no.))
  • B. (?) Francoise / de Lorrain (Inscribed on verso of lining, at centre right, in graphite and brown ink)
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
Trees
Birds
Figures
Landscape
Bridge
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. II, Cat. 609, illus.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.564

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O499927/a-rocky-landscape-with-an-drawing-unknown/
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