Farm with Trees in a Hilly Landscape (recto)

1567

Gherardo Cibo

(Italian, 1512–1600)

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Culture

Italy, 16th century

Medium

pen and brown ink (iron gall)

Support

Cream(3) laid paper, perimeter mounted to a false margin of cream-yellow wove paper

Measurements

Sheet: 14.4 x 21.2 cm (5 11/16 x 8 3/8 in.); Secondary Support: 22.4 x 28.7 cm (8 13/16 x 11 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

John L. Severance Fund 1997.37.a

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Location

Not on view

Description

Gherardo Cibo was more botanist than professional artist. The compiler of at least five volumes of dried plant specimens collected in the Marches (central-eastern) region of Italy, Cibo made drawings in order to record the habitats where he collected plants. He executed this drawing in the field, annotating at upper left the dried cornflower (concia fior da liso) he had gathered on the spot. Though Cibo learned to draw landscapes at an early age when he visited Northern Europe, this sheet reveals his knowledge of Florentine and Venetian models.