A Dune Landscape with Travellers Resting, Extensive Flatlands Beyond
Maker
Pieter De Molijn
(Dutch, 1595 - 1661)
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
Dateearly to mid-17th Century
Mediumoil on panel
Dimensions15 3/4 × 23 in. (40 × 58.4 cm.)
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Mary Ann and John Sturgeon Collection
Label TextA commercially successful painter in the Dutch city of Haarlem, De Molijn was recognized for his delicate landscapes marked by clear distances and bright foregrounds. Here, a group of rustic figures rests on a sand dune that rises in front of an open vista. The artist employs a sweeping diagonal to unify a composition that combines finely rendered details, such as the foliage in the foreground trees, with the broadly painted expanse of the landscape beyond.Status
On viewObject number2019.12
John Nost Sartorius
1790
Object number: 58.13
John Nost Sartorius
1790
Object number: 58.12
