River Landscape with a View of Oxford Notecard

The striking River Landscape with a View of Oxford in the Distance by Jan Siberechts (1627-1703) completes this set. Siberechts, a native of Antwerp, came to England in 1672 at the behest of the 2nd Duke of Buckingham and remained there for the rest of his life, almost single-handedly creating the genre of the country house view, works that depicted and celebrated the stately country seats of the aristocracy. It is a well-known fact that almost all the significant early topographical views of British towns, whether drawn, painted, or engraved, were the work of foreign artists.

This notecard was designed to accompany the exhibition Far and Away: Drawings from the Clement C. Moore Collection on view at the Morgan Library & Museum June 28, 2024 through September 22, 2024.