Jan van Huysum

Arcadian Landscape with a Bust of Flora

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1113 voorzijde

Jan van Huysum
Arcadian Landscape with a Bust of Flora

Visitabile tra Sala 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.

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Jan van Huysum
Arcadian Landscape with a Bust of Flora

Visitabile tra Sala 11

Gift of Mrs C.C.M. de Bièvre-Duijndam to the Friends of the Mauritshuis Foundation, 1997
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Informazioni generali
Jan van Huysum (Amsterdam 1682 - 1749 Amsterdam)
Arcadian Landscape with a Bust of Flora
painting
1113
Sala 11
Materiale e dettagli tecnici
oil
canvas
52 x 71 cm
Iscrizione
lower left: Jan Van Huysum f / Amsterdam 1724 en / 1725

Origine

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