Familie met paard rustend langs een weg in een berglandschap 1833 - 1879

This is a landscape drawing by Auguste Numans from the 19th century, made with pen on paper. The delicate strokes create a scene of rest, with a family and their horse pausing by a road in a mountainous landscape. The composition invites us into a world where the human element is small against the grandeur of nature. Numans has carefully structured the landscape: a cluster of trees to the left balancing the distant building to the right. Our eyes move along the road, a line that bisects the work, drawing us deeper into the scene. The varying shades of grey, achieved through detailed pen work, give depth and texture to the mountains and foliage, contrasting with the soft sky. These formal qualities, in their arrangement and execution, create not just an image, but a sense of being in nature, observing a moment of peace. This interplay between form and subject encourages a contemplation of humanity’s place within the natural world.