Curtis_O_Baer_2010

13. Anthonie Waterloo Dutch, ca. 1610 – 1690

Landscape

Black chalk and ink on paper 17 3 ⁄ 4 x 13 3 ⁄ 4 inches ( 45 x 35 cm)

provenance Colnaghi’s, London; Collection Curtis O. Baer

exhibition Atlanta, 1985 , cat. no. 47 , p. 89

Waterloo was a self-taught artist who also worked as an art dealer, residing in Utrecht, Amsterdam, and Leeuwarden and travelling throughout Germany and Belgium. Best know as a draughtsman and an etcher, Waterloo devoted himself to landscapes, depict ed in either densely worked studies of the forest, or in topographical views. The forest interior, with tall leafy trees and quiet roads or pools of water was a favorite theme, often executed in black chalk and grey wash, such as in this drawing. According to Schapelhouman and Schatborrn, Land and Water: Dutch Drawings from the 17th Century ( 1987 ), a group of drawings in an upright format featuring close up views of trees and thickets is especially notable.