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Vegetated rocks
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Vegetated rocks

Josephus Augustus Knip · c. 1809 - c. 1812 · brush; paper; watercolor (paint); graphite (mineral)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Some worked-up, overgrown rocks, and a pair of cypresses and other trees drawn in outline, and nothing else. With Knip, less is often more: the simpler the motif, the more impressive the drawing. Unfortunately, the draughtsman neglected to note where he recorded this little patch of nature, but judging from the cypresses at the left, it must have been in Italy.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineBegroeide rotsen. c. 1809 - c. 1812. Josephus Augustus Knip. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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