Dune Landscape with a Country Road (1629)
Pieter van Santvoort1629 · Landscape · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1635)
Specifications
- Year
- 1629
- Nationality / school
- Dutch
- Lifespan
- 1604–1635
About the artwork
Dated 1629, "Dune Landscape with a Country Road" is an artwork by Pieter van Santvoort. Historical background, 1629: 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. In Japan the Edo period began in 1603, and in China the Qing dynasty took power in 1644, both bringing new patrons and styles. Landscape in brief: Painters have used landscape to study light, weather, season, and the relation between people and place. 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. The catalogue places it in Landscape. The format is landscape.
"Dune Landscape with a Country Road" 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, 1604–1635
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