Erosion in a Hilly Landscape

circle of Valentijn Klotz, 1660 - 1712

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-1964-135
  • Dimensionsheight 181 mm x width 234 mm
  • Physical characteristicspen and brown ink, with two shades of grey wash, over traces of graphite; traces of framing line in black ink (left, lower and right border)

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Erosion in a Hilly Landscape

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1964-135

  • Part of catalogue


Creation

  • Creation

    • draftsman (artist): circle of Valentijn Klotz
    • draftsman (artist): Josua de Grave [rejected attribution]
  • Dating

    1660 - 1712

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    pen and brown ink, with two shades of grey wash, over traces of graphite; traces of framing line in black ink (left, lower and right border)

  • Dimensions

    height 181 mm x width 234 mm


This work is about

  • Subject


Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1964

  • Copyright

  • Provenance

    …; purchased from S. Rood (?-?), Amsterdam, fl. 300, with support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds (L. 2760), to the museum (L. 2228), 1964 (as Josua de Grave)

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.


Documentation

  • R.J.G.M. van Hasselt, Drie tekenaars van topografische prenten in Brabant en elders: Valentijn Klotz, Josua de Grave en Constantijn Huygens Jr., uit: Jaarboek / Oudheidkundige Kring 'De Ghulden Roos', Roosendaal, 25, 1965, pagina 145-192 niet vermeld


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Valentijn Klotz (circle of),

Erosion in a Hilly Landscape

1660 - 1712

Inscriptions

  • inscribed on verso, in graphite: upper right, 19; upper centre, augment [is]? 1.0 pro l […] haus; lower centre, Josua de Grave […]; next to that, Ruisdael

  • stamped on verso: lower centre, with the mark of Waller (L. 2760); below that, with the mark of the museum (L. 2228)


Technical notes

watermark: IHS (fragment)


Condition

Small holes scattered throughout the sheet; discoloration throughout


Provenance

…; purchased from S. Rood (?-?), Amsterdam, fl. 300, with support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds (L. 2760), to the museum (L. 2228), 1964 (as Josua de Grave)

Object number: RP-T-1964-135

Credit line: Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds


Entry

The subject of this heavily discolored drawing is uncommon within the oeuvres of Valentijn Klotz (c. 1646-1721), Barend Klotz (?-?) and Josua de Grave (1643-1712), all of whom rarely drew landscapes without figures or buildings. It appears that an initial brown ink drawing featuring rocks and shrubberies was left unfinished and a later hand added the grey ink and washes.

Carolyn Mensing, 2021


Citation

C. Mensing, 2021, 'circle of Valentijn Klotz and , Erosion in a Hilly Landscape, 1660 - 1712', in J. Turner (ed.), Dutch Drawings of the Seventeenth Century in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200140147

(accessed 6 February 2026 02:27:13).