River Scene
1645–99
Medium
Red chalk over pencil
Dimensions
sheet: 4 7/16 x 7 15/16 in. (11.2 x 20.1 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1906
Accession Number
06.1042.14
Tags
Art Historical Context
Nestled in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints collection, *River Scene* by Abraham Rutgers captures the serene beauty of a Dutch waterway, likely from the artist's active years between 1645 and 1699. Rendered on a modest sheet measuring just 4 7/16 x 7 15/16 inches, the drawing depicts quintessential elements of the Dutch Golden Age landscape: houses the riverbank, leafy trees, and boats gently floating along the water. Rutgers, a lesser-known but skilled Dutch draughtsman excelled in these intimate vignettes, evoking the everyday tranquility of 17th-century Netherlands amid ...