Rocks and Trees on Edge of Hill

Lodewijk de VadderWW-1600-336629

1600·Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown and blue wash, on ivory laid paper·14 × 28.2 cm (5 9/16 × 11 1/8 in.)

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Catalogue

Year: 1600
Medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown and blue wash, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 14 × 28.2 cm (5 9/16 × 11 1/8 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Lodewijk de Vadder

Artist

Lodewijk de Vadder

Drawing

Lodewijk de Vadder was a Flemish Baroque landscape painter, draughtsman, engraver and tapestry designer. His landscapes represent a move away from the Mannerist tradition of landscapes painting in Flemish art towards a more naturalistic approach exemplified by looser brushwork and an emphasis on atmospheric effects. He was the first Flemish landscape painter who painted dune landscapes as the primary feature of his landscapes. While his loose brush handling shows the influence of Rubens and Adriaen Brouwer, his restrained palette shows his awareness of developments in the Dutch Republic.

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