Arcadian Landscape with Figures Making Music
Jan van HuysumLandscape · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1749)
Specifications
- Nationality / school
- Dutch
- Lifespan
- 1682–1749
About the artwork
"Arcadian Landscape with Figures Making Music" is an artwork by Jan van Huysum. The catalogue places it in Landscape. The format is landscape. Background on Landscape: Landscape became an independent genre in European painting in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, while in East Asia it had long been central to ink painting. Painters have used landscape to study light, weather, season, and the relation between people and place.
"Arcadian Landscape with Figures Making Music" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A landscape format suits wide, low wall spaces such as the stretch above a bed, mantel, or sideboard. 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, 1682–1749
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