Colonnade giving onto a Park (1660 - 1673)
Barent Fabritius1660 - 1673 · Portrait · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1673)
Specifications
- Year
- 1660 - 1673
- Nationality / school
- Dutch
- Lifespan
- 1624–1673
About the artwork
Barent Fabritius is the artist behind "Colonnade giving onto a Park", dated 1660 - 1673. Historical background, 1660 - 1673: In the Dutch Republic, a prosperous middle-class market supported landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and scenes of daily life painted at a modest scale for the home. The seventeenth century is the age of the Baroque, which favoured dramatic light, movement, and strong emotion in the work of painters in Italy, Spain, and Flanders. The catalogue places it in Landscape. The format is portrait. Background on Landscape: The invention of paint in tubes in the 1840s made it easier to work outdoors, and landscape became a main subject of Romanticism, Realism, and Impressionism. Painters have used landscape to study light, weather, season, and the relation between people and place.
"Colonnade giving onto a Park" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A portrait format suits narrow wall spaces, hallways, and the area beside a door or window. Landscape scenes add depth and a sense of air to the room, helping the space feel more open and working especially well above a sofa, console, or desk. Browsing works by the same artist, or from the same period, is a good way to compare styles before choosing what suits your space.
About the artist
Dutch, 1624–1673
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