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The Large Landscapes:  Solicitudo Rustica

The Large Landscapes: Solicitudo Rustica

c. 1555–58

attributed to Jan van Doetechum

(Flemish, 1530–1616)
(Flemish)
(Flemish, 1527/8–1569)
Image: 31.5 x 43 cm (12 3/8 x 16 15/16 in.); Sheet: 31.5 x 43 cm (12 3/8 x 16 15/16 in.)
Catalogue raisonné: Giulio Lari 11
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

The letters "inue" next to the artist's name, "brueghel," represented the word "inventit," Latin for "has designed it."

Description

In the Netherlands, Pieter Bruegel’s designs for a series of large landscape prints may have relied on sketches (now lost) he made passing through the Alps in the early 1550s. This view is more a compendium of various visual characteristics of the Alps, rather than a specific place. The elevated point of view and massive, powerful cliffs and crags in the distance give way to a river valley and flat plains akin to Bruegel’s Low Countries homeland. The figures include peasants whose
mundane activities reinforce the landscape as a container for “rustic cares” (solicitudo rustica).
  • ?–1980
    Leona E. Prasse [1896–1984], Cleveland, OH, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    September 9, 1980–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1980.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 68, no. 6 (June 1981): 163–219. Mentioned: p. 216, no. 182; Reproduced: p. 188, no. 182 www.jstor.org
    Talbot, William S. “Visions of Landscape: East and West.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 70, no. 3 (March 1983): 112–135. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 117, fig. 7 www.jstor.org
  • Love Gardens / Forbidden Fruit. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 2-October 29, 2023).
    CMA, 1996: "Landscape in Detail," September 10-Novevmber 3, 1996, no catalogue
    Northern Landscape Traditions: 16th and 17th Century Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 10-December 31, 1989).
    Leona E. Prasse, Connoisseur and Curator. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 28-August 25, 1985).
    Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).
    Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1980.104