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1811.142

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Alpine Landscape (View of Waltensburg)

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Artists

Master of the Mountain Landscapes (formerly attributed to Bruegel & Jacob Savery) ; [formerly attributed to Bruegel before attr.to Master of the Mountain Landscapes Pieter Bruegel, the Elder]; [formerly attributed to Savery before Pieter Bruegel attribution Jacob Savery, II]

Title

Alpine Landscape (View of Waltensburg)

Creation Date

ca. 1580-1630

Century

late 16th-early 17th century

Dimensions

12 5/8 in. x 10 13/16 in. (32 cm. x 27.4 cm.)

Object Type

drawing

Creation Place

Europe, Netherlands

Medium and Support

pen and brown ink on paper

Credit Line

Bequest of the Honorable James Bowdoin III

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1811.142

This widely known drawing has only recently been identified as a work of a revival movement of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Artists and collectors reveled in feats of virtuosity and erudition as they produced and enjoyed works of art in the manner of the great masters of the past, such as Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca. 1525–1569). Bruegel had traveled through Italy from 1552 to 1553 and, according to his biographer Karel van Mander, “drew many views from life so that it is said that when he was in the Alps he swallowed all those mountains and rocks which, upon returning home, he spat out again onto canvases and panels, so faithfully was he able, in this respect and others, to follow nature.” For almost a century, it was assumed that this drawing was part of the group mentioned by van Mander until, in 1991, a related sheet at the Morgan Library revealed a watermark first known fifteen years after Bruegel’s death. Recent scholarship proposes one of the Dutch brothers Roelandt Savery (1576--1639) or Jacob Savery (1566--1603) as author.

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Keywords: landscape (representation)   work on paper   master drawing   landscape with figures