# Winter Landscape with a Man Crossing

- By: Anthonie Waterloo (Dutch, c. 1610-1690)
- Date: c. 1660
- Medium: Black chalk, over translucent and opaque watercolors, with touches of white chalk (recto) and pen and brown ink ledger (verso) on off-white laid paper, incised for transfer
- Classification: Drawing and Watercolor
- Dimensions: 19.7 × 15.8 cm (7 13/16 × 6 1/4 in.)
- Culture: Netherlands
- Credit line: Gift of Celia and David Hilliard
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/192875)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/f5dfdcca-0dd4-6da9-8b05-c9650f7a1235/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

At first glance, this drawing seems unremarkable in its choice of subject. A man crosses a bridge on a winter day, with humble structures and trees behind him. But the artist described the scene with such a broad range of colors, further elaborated with white chalk, that he imparted a sense of magic to the routines of daily life.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0