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Allaert van Everdingen

Landscape with Elegant Figures by a River, with Boats to the Right and a Town Behind Trees Beyond

n.d.
Brush and gray wash, with touches of white wash, over touches of charcoal, ruled in pen and brown ink, on ivory laid paper
14.7 × 19.4 cm (5.8 × 7.6 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

Evocative of a blustery spring day, this drawing by landscape specialist Everdingen includes a church with cloisters in the left background, a tower by the water’s edge at center, several boats navigating choppy water, and a group of figures looking into the composition instead of out toward the viewer. Everdingen is known to have created several series describing the months of the year, and a number 4 on the verso of this drawing suggests that it may have belonged to such a series, likely representing the month of April.

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