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Grove of oak trees near a road with mounted travellers

Drawing
Artist/Maker
Ruisdael, Jacob Van (Manner of)
Place of origin
Holland (drawn)

A roadway gently curves on the left, where two mounted travellers followed by a dog advance from a farmstead among trees. On the right are two large oak trees on a hillock, with a small pool of water in the foreground.

Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleGrove of oak trees near a road with mounted travellers (published title)
Materials and techniques
Point of brush and grey wash, over black chalk; framing line in brown ink.
Paper
Pen
Indian Ink
Drawing
Brief description
Drawing, Grove of oak trees near a road with mounted travellers, Jacob van Ruisdael (manner of), Dutch School
Physical description
A roadway gently curves on the left, where two mounted travellers followed by a dog advance from a farmstead among trees. On the right are two large oak trees on a hillock, with a small pool of water in the foreground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 136mm
  • Width: 190mm
Style
Dutch School
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • Inscribed at lower centre right, in brown ink (with the museum’s Dyce inv. no.), 447
  • falsely signed at lower left, in point of brush and grey wash, JRuisdaeL (the initials in ligature)
  • Inscribed on verso, at lower left, in brown ink, CjO−a (?)
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
Men
Horsemen
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.170, pp.222-23
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.447

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
Record URL
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