Landscape with Wooded Shore by Moonlight
Drawing
Second half 17th century (made)
Second half 17th century (made)
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Gouache and opaque white, over pen and dark brown ink, on brown toned paper
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| Materials and techniques | Gouache and opaque white, over pen and dark brown ink, on brown toned paper |
| Brief description | Drawing, 'Landscape with Wooded Shore by Moonlight', attributed to Gerrit Battem, Gouache and opaque white over pen and dark brown ink on brown toned paper, Second half of the 17th century |
| Physical description | Gouache and opaque white, over pen and dark brown ink, on brown toned paper |
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| Gallery label | Battem used brown toned paper to enhance the impression of light and shade and heighten the atmosphere of this scene. Nocturnal views became highly fashionable in the mid-17th century after the artist Adam Elsheimer popularised them in the High Renaissance. This nocturne may have been inspired by Elsheimer’s painting of the biblical story of the Flight into Egypt. |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce |
| Object history | Bequeathed to the Museum by the Rev. Alexander Dyce, 1869 John Hampden-Trevor, 3rd Viscount Hampden (1748–1824), Glynde Place, East Sussex (L. 2937), his sale, London, Sotheby’s, 27–9 June 1827, lot 60: ‘A moonlight by Adam Elsheimer’ (to ‘Thane’ for Esdaile for £1. 9s. 0d.); William Esdaile (1758–1837), London (L. 2617), his sale, London, Christie’s, 18–25 June 1840, lot 585: ‘ Elsheimer. A river scene—moonlight, from Lord Hampden’s Collection’ (to ‘Tiffin’ for £1. 10s. 0d.); Rev. Alexander Dyce (1798–1869), London, by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. Suppl. 153b), 1869. |
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| Accession number | DYCE.368 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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