The Hermit Onofrius in the Wilderness (1641)
Antonín Stevens1641 · Landscape · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1672)
Specifications
- Year
- 1641
- Nationality / school
- Czech
- Lifespan
- 1610–1672
About the artwork
This page presents "The Hermit Onofrius in the Wilderness" (1641), created by Antonín Stevens. Context for 1641: 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. 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 catalogue places it in Landscape. The format is landscape. 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. 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.
"The Hermit Onofrius in the Wilderness" 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
Czech, 1610–1672
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