Jan van Huysum

Arcadian Landscape with a Bust of Flora

Jan van Huysum
Arcadian Landscape with a Bust of Flora

On view in Room 11

In a clearing in the forest, women and shepherds are making a sacrifice to Flora, the goddess of flowers. The stream flows to an ancient town and some rocky mountains.

Van Huysum specialised in lavish still-lifes, but he also painted this type of scene. The idealised landscape and the warm, golden light look Italian. Van Huysum would have based it on drawings and paintings by fellow artists, as he never made the trip to Italy himself.

Technical details

Pendant

Arcadian Landscape with Saints Peter and John Healing the Lame Man

Jan van Huysum
Arcadian Landscape with a Bust of Flora

On view in Room 11

Gift of Mrs C.C.M. de Bièvre-Duijndam to the Friends of the Mauritshuis Foundation, 1997
Upcoming activities

Details

General information
Artist Jan van Huysum (Amsterdam 1682 - 1749 Amsterdam)
Title Arcadian Landscape with a Bust of Flora
Object name painting
Inventory number 1113
On view in Room 11
Material and technical details
Technique oil
Material canvas
Dimensions 52 x 71 cm
Inscriptions
Signed and dated lower left: Jan Van Huysum f / Amsterdam 1724 en / 1725

Provenance

Private collection, Wisconsin (sale New York, Sotheby's, 8 January 1981, lot 32 with pendant); Robert Noortman Gallery, Maastricht; gift of Mrs C.C.M. de Bièvre-Duijndam to the Friends of the Mauritshuis Foundation, 1997; on long-term loan from the the Friends of the Mauritshuis Foundation, since 1997