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Description: | This is an interesting example of the Dutch tradition of Italianate landscape painting, combining the historical weight of the classical tradition with the pastoral motif of a young shepherdess and her male suitor. However, the inclusion of so much architecture in the foreground is a more unusual detail, and one that associates the work with the Haarlem-born painter Willem Romeyn. It is likely that the painting was acquired by John Patteson and brought to England sometime during the early part of the nineteenth century (see notes below). At the same time, the artist's reputation in England was growing, thanks in part to the inclusion of two particularly fine examples of his work in the collection of Sir Francis Bourgeois, founder of the Dulwich Picture Gallery. However, the current attribution of this painting to Romeyn, about whom relatively little is known, ought to be treated with caution. | Subjects: | landscape; figure; animal (sheep) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Romeyn, Willem (Dutch painter, ca.1624-1694) Æ Attributed to Previously attributed to Weenix, Jan (Dutch painter, 1642-1719) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8532... | Go to resource |
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