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Landscape with Two Altars or Beacons
Adriaan de Weerdt, 1510 - 1571
From contemporary sources, we know that De Weerdt was trained as a landscape painter. Yet this signed drawing is his only known work in that genre. Leafy trees flank the composition. In the middle, a winding path, drawn in undulating lines, leads towards a village. The path is marked on the left and right by beacons, from which flames and smoke billow, further enlivening the scene.
- Artwork typedrawing
- Object numberRP-T-1905-112
- Dimensionsheight 125 mm x width 397 mm
- Physical characteristicspen in bruin en zwart krijt op bruin getint papier