Study of a Blasted Tree Trunk and Branches

Anthonie Waterloo|Simon de Vlieger

1600–1653 · Black chalk, brown wash, heightened with yellowish white chalk. Framing line in pen and black ink · Drawings and Prints

A native of Rotterdam, de Vlieger was one of the leading marine and landscape painters of the early seventeenth century. His drawings, like his paintings, were admired for their silvery light effects, often a result of employing black and white chalk on blue paper. In this sheet, he explores the play of light and shadow on a clump of tree stumps.

Artist

Anthonie Waterloo|Simon de Vlieger

Date

1600–1653

Medium

Black chalk, brown wash, heightened with yellowish white chalk. Framing line in pen and black ink

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Purchase, Alain and Marie-Christine van den Broek d'Obrenan Gift, 2009