A Path Leading into a Forest Clearing
about 1635–1640
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink and brown wash
- Dimensions
- 38.6 × 24.6 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-214115
Nicolas Poussin is primarily known as a painter of history subjects, but he was also an accomplished landscapist. He probably made this drawing for its own sake, rather than as a study for a painting. Poussin probably made this view on the spot. He captured the atmosphere of a wooded path opening onto a grassy clearing, with sunlight streaming through a thicket of trees. With vivid touches of his pen and brush, he skillfully suggested the deep shadows on the trunks of the trees and the sunlight penetrating their foliage.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Registry history
- about 1635–1640 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — drawings
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