Landscape with Pack Donkeys, near Hilversum, 1779?

Title

Landscape with Pack Donkeys, near Hilversum

Draughtsman

• Egbert van Drielst

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Watercolour and body colour, over black chalk or charcoal and graphite (?), partially gone over with brush and gum (arabic?)

Material

• watercolours
• gouache
• graphite
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• watercolour painting
• brush drawing
• graphite drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet mittig links (mit Bleistift): Utrecht
Verso bezeichnet mittig rechts (mit Bleistift): Hilversum
Verso bezeichnet unten links: Gezicht bij Hilversúm; darunter bezeichnet (mit der Feder in Braun): E: van Drielst
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Straßburger Lilie, im Wappenschild, darüber Krone, darunter Marke: 4 [?] und die Buchstaben: WR [ligiert]

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• landscape

Primary

• 25H18(+1) cultivated land (+ landscape with figures, staffage)
• 46C133 pack-animal
• 46C53 migrants
• 46C131 riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman
• 46C11 road, path
• 47I221 herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.
• 25H213(+1) river (+ landscape with figures, staffage)
• 61E(HILVERSUM) names of cities and villages (HILVERSUM)
• 61D(THE NETHERLANDS) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (THE NETHERLANDS) (THE NETHERLANDS)