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Landscape

Pieter Bout

Landscape, by Pieter Bout, oil
Landscape, by Pieter Bout, oil

Landscape is an oil painting by the Dutch Golden Age artist Pieter Bout. It is held in the collection of the Hermitage Museum.

About this work

Overview

Landscape is a 1692 oil painting by Pieter Bout, a Flemish artist known for his landscapes and cityscapes.

Subject & Meaning

The painting depicts a wooded scene with a group of people walking along a dirt path, accompanied by a dog, and features a fallen tree and tall trees in the background illuminated by sunlight filtering through the leaves.

Technique & Style

Bout employed soft shadows and chiaroscuro to create a three-dimensional effect, with light highlighting the hillside and creating a warm glow, reflecting a transitional style between 17th-century Flemish traditions and 18th-century tendencies.

History & Provenance

The painting is part of the State Hermitage Museum's collection, created during the Dutch Golden Age, a period that influenced Bout's work, which in turn was influenced by earlier Flemish masters like Jan Brueghel the Elder.

Artist & collection

Artist

Pieter Bout

Pieter Bout (between 1640 and 1645 – between 17 June 1689 and 1719) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and printmaker.

Hermitage Museum

Museum

Hermitage Museum

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