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Farm with Trees in a Hilly Landscape (recto)

1567
(Italian, 1512–1600)
Italy, 16th century
pen and brown ink (iron gall)
Support: Cream(3) laid paper, perimeter mounted to a false margin of cream-yellow wove paper
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.)
John L. Severance Fund 1997.37.a
Location: not on view
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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.
Farm with Trees in a Hilly Landscape (recto)

Farm with Trees in a Hilly Landscape (recto)

1567

Gherardo Cibo

(Italian, 1512–1600)
Italy, 16th century

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