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Peasant's Cottage (recto); Bridge and Gate (verso)

Peasant's Cottage (recto); Bridge and Gate (verso)

c. 1600
(Dutch, 1564–1651)
Netherlands, early 17th Century
pen and brown ink with brush and brown, blue, red and yellow wash, over black and red chalk
Sheet: 17.2 x 27.2 cm (6 3/4 x 10 11/16 in.)
Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.737
Location: not on view

Description

Abraham Bloemaert, active in Utrecht, was a painter, prolific draftsman, print designer, and important teacher. Bloemaert was an important precursor of the new wave of realism in Dutch art in the 1620s. Artist and author Karel van Mander (1548-1606) wrote the following description of Bloemaert=s drawings in 1604 which seems to correspond very closely to this work: With art lovers there are also by him very attractive landscapes with some attractive and funny farmhouses, farm tools, trees, and backgrounds, things to be seen around Utrecht in great numbers and variety, for he does very much from life, having a very attractive way of drawing and handling with the pen, to which he then adds some succulent touches of colors for a special seemliness.
  • J. P. Haseltine
    J. Parmelee, Cleveland
    John Postle Heseltine, London (Lugt 1507-1508, not stamped; according to old label, now removed, in departmental file). [Arthur H. Hahlo & Co., New York (according to old label, now removed, in departmental file)]; James Parmelee, Cleveland (not in Lugt; according to departmental cataloguing sheet and card)
  • Kretzschmar, Sabine, "Carefully Observed Terrain", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 36 no. 08, October 1996 Mentioned & reproduced: p. 7 archive.org
  • Northern Landscape Traditions: 16th and 17th Century Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 10-December 31, 1989).
    Seventeenth Century Netherlandish Graphics. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 27-August 1, 1982).
    Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 10-September 2, 1973).
    Drawings: France, Italy, Netherlands. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 1-March 24, 1965).
    Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 11-September 10, 1963).
    Dutch Painting, The Golden Age. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 27, 1955).
    Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 17-August 24, 1942).
    The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
  • {{cite web|title=Peasant's Cottage (recto); Bridge and Gate (verso) |url=false|author=Abraham Bloemaert|year=c. 1600|access-date=18 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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