River Landscape
ca. 1600
Medium
Pen and brown ink
Dimensions
3 15/16 x 8 in. (10 x 20.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.827
Tags
Art Historical Context
Nestled in the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, *River Landscape* is a delicate pen and brown ink drawing by Flemish artist Jacques Savery, created around 1600. Measuring just under 4 by 8 inches, this intimate work captures the serene flow of a river winding through a lush, natural expanse—hallmarks of the emerging landscape genre in Northern European art. Savery, part of a prominent family of Antwerp painters, was renowned for his meticulous depictions of nature, influenced by masters like Pieter Bruegel the Elder. In the late 16th century, as the Renaissance tran...