ASSELYN, Jan
(b. ca. 1610, Dieppe, d. 1652, Amsterdam)

Mountainous Landscape with Traveling Herdsmen

1647-48
Oil on wood, 43 x 67 cm
Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna

Asselyn painted his Italian landscapes from memory after returning to the Netherlands. The Mountainous Landscape with Traveling Herdsmen he synthesized his image of Italy without including any details that otherwise introduce an Italian mood into his pictures.




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