Woodland Scene

1819

Not on view

Sunlight filters through a forest’s canopy, casting shadows along the dirt road in the foreground and creating warm, light-filled gaps that draw the viewer further into the scene. The large scale and masterful treatment of light is unusual for Westenberg, a painter better known for his views of Dutch city streets and interiors. The artist likely originally sketched the scene in black chalk out in nature and then completed the sheet with gray ink and wash in the studio. An inscription on the verso suggests that it depicts the Haagse Bos, one of the oldest remaining forested areas in the Netherlands. Westenberg initialed and dated the drawing on the tree to the left as though the marks had been carved into its trunk.

Artwork Details

Title: Woodland Scene
Artist: Pieter George Westenberg (Dutch, Nijmwegen 1791–1873 Brummen)
Date: 1819
Medium: Brush and gray ink and wash over black chalk
Dimensions: sheet: 15 1/4 x 12 15/16 in. (38.7 x 32.8 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2006
Object Number: 2006.192
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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