Cornelis van Poelenburgh
Dutch, 1594/95-1667
View of Tivoli with the Bridge Over the Anio Waterfall
INV-1834
Cornelis van Poelenburgh
Dutch, 1594/95-16671620
View of Tivoli with the Bridge Over the Anio Waterfall
Cornelis van Poelenburgh Dutch, 1594/95-1667 →pen and ink drawingsprints and drawing
Date
1620
Medium
Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash on cream laid paper
Dimensions
43.6 × 32.2 cm (17 3/16 × 12 11/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Helen Regenstein Endowment
During his stay in Rome, Cornelis van Poelenburch joined an artistic fraternity known as the Bentvueghels (birds of a feather). Among other things, these artists enjoyed day trips outside of the city. The ancient retreat of Tivoli was one of their favorite destinations. Here Poelenburch dramatized the rushing water of the waterfall below the central section of the city by alternating the blank paper (reserve) with dense applications of ink wash.
Also notable
Works in the same vein
Saint Christopher
Wallerant Vaillant (Dutch, 1623-1677) after Cornelis van Poelenburch (Dutch, 1594/95-1667) after Adam Elsheimer (German, 1578-1610)
Italianate Landscape with Dancer, Musicians and Goats
After Cornelis van Poelenburgh (Dutch, 1594/95-1667) or possibly Marcantonio Corsi (Italian, active 1750-1762)
