Artwork
Landscape
Landscape is an unspecified painting by Unknown. It dates from 1661 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
About this work
Overview
Landscape is a painting by an unknown artist, dated to around 1661, currently held at the Museum of Ethnography.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a serene rural scene with a man leading a horse and another person accompanying a flock of sheep, set against a backdrop of rolling fields, a winding river, and a distant town.
Technique & Style
The artist employs chiaroscuro, a technique that utilizes strong contrasts between light and dark to create depth, as evident in the dramatic opposition between the dark clouds and the lighter landscape.
Artist & collection
Domestic Scene
Giacomo and Cardinal Marco, investing Andrea, Abbot of San Zeno, with his Benefice
The Nymph of Fontainebleau
Portrait of a Woman
Madonna and Child with Saints in the Enclosed Garden
Venus and Minerva
Family Group of Four on Sofa
Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
Landscape
The Antwerp Waterfront and a part of the Vlaams Hoofd
River landscape
Panoramic view of the river Spaarne and the Haarlemmermeer
View of an imaginary town across a river with the Vianen tower of Saint Pol
View of the Seine at Nogent-sur-Seine
Seaside in Scheveningen with fishing boats
View of the Rhine near Hoog-Elten
River view
Panorama near Arnhem with the Rhine Gate
River View with a Village Church
River Scene: City and Cathedral