Knotty Old Tree in the Dunes with a Fence
about 1650–1670
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, on paper
- Dimensions
- 14.8 × 12.8 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-201969
This drawing depicts a swampy, overgrown dune with gnarled oak tree that dominates the entire sheet. Surrounding the base of the oak is a broken fence and thick bramble that creeps across the immediate foreground. Drawn in dark brown ink with a lightness and dryness of touch that is perfectly fitted to the teeming spikiness of the bramble and the oak's foliage, Knotty Old Tree in the Dunes with a Fence features a claustrophobically dense vegetation. The tree's majestic presence is enhanced by the soaring birds, who are dwarfed by its monumental scale.
Provenance
Purchased with funds provided by the Disegno Group
Registry history
- about 1650–1670 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — drawings
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