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Sylvan Scene

Artist/Maker (German, 1578–1610)
Dateca. 1600
MediumPen and brown ink on paper
DimensionsImage: 2 1/8 × 3 in. (5.4 × 7.6 cm)
Sheet: 3 1/8 × 5 in. (7.9 × 12.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin in honor of the graduation of their daughter Lucretia M. Baskin (OC 1996)
Object number1996.5
Status
Not on view
More Information
In this small work, miniaturistic in scale and execution yet projecting grandeur beyond its dimensions, a man and woman recline in a landscape; it is unclear what object the female figure is holding aloft, although it may be a drinking vessel.
Exhibition History
European Master Drawings from the Allen Memorial Art Museum
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (October 29, 2002 - June 9, 2003 )
On Line: European Drawings, 16th-19th Centuries
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 18, 2007 - January 27, 2008 )
Collections
  • European