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Description: | An idyllic scene in the Claudian tradition. Clumps of leafy trees left and right foreground, a broad clearing in the centre. In the centre mid-distance is a square building with a square tower; behind it is a hill, and in the distance a gently-sloping mountain. Two figures in the foreground: one, naked from the waist up, reclines against a slope, with her back to us; she holds up her hand to a male comp-anion who stoops to grasp it; he has a tall staff in his left hand, and is dressed in a simple short tunic, worn over one shoulder. To the left, two ill-defined figures close together at mid-distance, and further buildings far behind. .Described as poetic, clear and careful' by Gustav Waagen, Galleries and Cabinets of Art in Great Britain (London, 1857, vol. III, p. 290), this painting, was previously attributed to both Poussin and Dughet. The attribution to the latter is difficult to verify as none of his works are properly documented. According to Christopher Wright, most of Dughet's paintings make references to Poussin's compositions, and the massing of the trees on the right reminiscent of Poussin's Gathering of the Ashes of Phocion' (Wright, Masterpieces of Reality, Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, 1985-86, pp. 104-105) was perhaps the reason for his attribution of this work to Dughet. The work has recently been attributed by Glasgow Museums to Jan Frans van Bloemen (1662-1749), a Flemish painter and follower of Dughet. Van Bloemen's landscapes were, like Dughet's, reminiscent of the Roman Campagna and the art of the landscape artist Claude. Both Dughet and van Bloemen worked in Italy and were inspired by classicism. | Subjects: | landscape | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Bloemen, Jan Frans van (Flemish painter, 1662-1749, active in France and Italy) Æ Attributed to circle of Previously attributed to Dughet, Gaspard (French landscape painter, 1615-1675, active in Italy) Previously attributed to manner of Poussin, Nicolas (French painter and draftsman, 1594-1665, active in Italy) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8815... | Go to resource |
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