Rocky Landscape with a Striding Figure
Pen study of a craggy river valley with a striding male figure overhead
A pen-and-ink drawing dominated by a rocky landscape: jagged crags rise at the left above a valley floor scored with short parallel strokes that suggest water, reeds or falling rain, with a low arched form (a bridge or rock) at the centre. A vigorous male figure, drawn in profile with limbs flung out as if striding or leaping, hovers in the upper right of the sheet. A faint reddish sketch appears at the top right and a line of handwriting runs across the top; this inscription is not transcribed here, and further untranscribed text may be present.
On this page
Craggy river valley
Sharp rock spurs rise at the left and centre above an open valley floor drawn with dense short strokes that read as water, marshy reeds or driving rain. A low rounded arch spans the middle distance and softer washes model the receding ground toward the horizon.
Striding male figure above the landscape
A muscular male figure is drawn in profile in the upper right, seemingly airborne, with legs spread in a striding or leaping stride and the arms thrown outward. The body is rapidly modelled with hatching and stands free of any ground line, floating over the valley below.