Study of Three Old Gnarled Trees

1660

Not on view

With a delicate use of gray wash and watercolor, Siberechts details the irregular forms and rugged textures of three trunks, arrayed across the sheet. A Flemish landscape painter who specialized in rustic and pastoral scenes, he spent his later years in England working for aristocratic clients. From the date on this work, however, it would appear that it was executed in or around his native Antwerp.

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Title: Study of Three Old Gnarled Trees
Artist: Jan Siberechts (Flemish, Antwerp 1627–ca. 1703 London)
Date: 1660
Medium: Watercolor and brush and gray wash
Dimensions: sheet: 9 15/16 x 9 5/16 in. (25.2 x 23.7 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Purchase, Guy Wildenstein Gift, 2003
Object Number: 2003.182
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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