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Description: | The Russell-Cotes painting Horsemen at an Inn is attributed to the Dutch artist Philips Wouwerman. He achieved considerable success during his lifetime with his landscape paintings enlivened by elegant riders and hunters, and his military subjects. The son of a painter, he is said to have trained with Frans Hals in Haarlem where he lived. While his early works also show the influence of Pietr van Laer (il Bamboccio), he soon developed a personal style characterised by a refined sense of elegance both in technique and the disposition of subjects. Horsemen at an Inn represents two riders, one in a red tunic, the other in a powder blue coat raising a glass. To their left is a rural inn outside which are a man and a seated woman with her baby. A rough track trodden by women and children leads the way through a hilly landscape, which is overlooked by a rustic tower. The attribution to Philips Wouwerman of the Russell-Cotes painting is doubtful on the grounds of the painting's lack of stylistic refinement and the weak execution of the figures. The palette is much brighter and the impasto much thicker than is usual in the work of Philips Wouwerman. This painting may be by the artist's brother, Pieter Wouwerman (1623-1682) or more probably by a later imitator. Philips Wouwerman's paintings remained highly collectible long after his death. | Subjects: | landscape; figure; animal (horse) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Wouwerman, Philips (Dutch painter, 1619-1668) Æ Attributed to manner of Attributed to Wouwerman, Philips (Dutch painter, 1619-1668) Attributed to Wouwerman, Pieter (Dutch painter, 1623-1682) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8465... | Go to resource |
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