Artwork
Landscape with Gentlemen Playing Pall-Mall
Landscape with Gentlemen Playing Pall-Mall is an oil painting by the Dutch Golden Age artist Willem Schellinks. It dates from 1660 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
About this work
Overview
Landscape with Gentlemen Playing Pall-Mall is a 1660 oil painting by Willem Schellinks, a Dutch artist known for his landscapes and seascapes.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a group of people in 17th-century attire playing a game with a stick and ball in an open field, set against a dramatic sky and a rocky hillside with a distant castle or tower.
Technique & Style
Schellinks employs chiaroscuro, using contrasting light and dark areas to create depth, with earthy tones dominating the palette and splashes of bright color in the figures' clothing.
History & Provenance
Created during the Dutch Golden Age, the painting is now part of the Statens Museum for Kunst collection.
Artist & collection
Artist
Willem Schellinks (1623–1678) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and etcher of landscapes and marine scenes and also a poet.
