The Monterberg Seen from Kalkar
Lambert Doomer
ca. early 1670s · Pen and brown ink, brush and washes in brownish, grayish and greenish tints, on ledger paper with two horizontal red lines printed near the upper border. · Robert Lehman Collection
A pupil of Rembrandt, Lambert Doomer traveled extensively sketching his native landscapes. The Lehman sheet is one of a large number of highly finished drawings, all in the same technique (many also on ledger paper), made from rough sketches in Doomer’s Amsterdam studio in the early 1670s. It is in the airy execution of the preliminary sketches that one detects a greater proximity to Rembrandt. The Monterberg is one of the hills bordering the west side of the Rhine Valley just across the present Dutch/German border. A picturesque setting popular among artists – including Aelbert Cuyp – the hilltop castle in ruins belonged to the noble family of Cleves.
- Artist
- Lambert Doomer
- Date
- ca. early 1670s
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, brush and washes in brownish, grayish and greenish tints, on ledger paper with two horizontal red lines printed near the upper border.
- Department
- Robert Lehman Collection
- Credit line
- Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
