Trees before a Village

1650·point of brush and brown ink and brush and brown wash over traces of black chalk; framing lines in brown ink (bottom and right edges)·Sheet: 13.8 x 33.7 cm (5 7/16 x 13 1/4 in.)

John L. Severance Fund and Gift of Mary Price

Catalogue

Year: 1650
Medium: point of brush and brown ink and brush and brown wash over traces of black chalk; framing lines in brown ink (bottom and right edges)
Dimensions: Sheet: 13.8 x 33.7 cm (5 7/16 x 13 1/4 in.)
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art
Artist: Jan Lievens

Artist

Jan Lievens

Painting

Jan Lievens was a Dutch Golden Age painter who was associated with his close contemporary Rembrandt, a year older, in the early parts of their careers. They shared a birthplace in Leiden, training with Pieter Lastman in Amsterdam, where they shared a studio for about five years until 1631. Like Rembrandt he painted both portraits and history paintings, but unlike him Lievens' career took him away from Amsterdam to London, Antwerp, The Hague and Berlin.

Leiden

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