Historical Landscape Drawings

A collection of graphite and ink sketches depicting river landscapes, rocky terrains, and stage set designs with a classic, serene aesthetic.

River Landscape ca. 1600 Jaques Saverij Jaques Saverijs later drawings imitated, and emulated, Pieter Breugel the Elder (1525/30-1569) so successfully that they were often identified as the work of Breugel himself. River Landscape is one such sketch. Although similar to Breugels mountain landscapes of 1559-61, the Lehman sheet relates in both style and subject matter to Saverijs etchings, and probably dates to about 1600. Saverijs drawings of the period are more loosely modeled than is compatible with Breugels precise yet feathery technique.. River Landscape. Jaques Saverij (Courtrai (Kortrijk) ca. 1565-Amsterdam 1603). ca. 1600. Pen and brown ink. Drawings
River Landscape ca. 1600 Jaques Saverij Jaques Saverijs later drawings imitated, and emulated, Pieter Breugel the Elder (1525/30-1569) so successfully that they were often identified as the work of Breugel himself. River Landscape is one such sketch. Although similar to Breugels mountain landscapes of 1559-61, the Lehman sheet relates in both style and subject matter to Saverijs etchings, and probably dates to about 1600. Saverijs drawings of the period are more loosely modeled than is compatible with Breugels precise yet feathery technique.. River Landscape. Jaques Saverij (Courtrai (Kortrijk) ca. 1565-Amsterdam 1603). ca. 1600. Pen and brown ink. Drawings