Arcadian Landscape with an Obelisk

Artist Juriaan Andriessen (Dutch, 1742 – 1819)

Datec. 1800

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsFrame: 138 3/4 x 60 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (352.4 x 153.7 x 5.7 cm)
Image: 136 1/4 x 58 1/2 in. (346.1 x 148.6 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of Mrs. William Sisler/Mary Sisler Foundation, 1976

Object numberSN954.5

Andriessen and his workshop specialized in creating suites of large-scale murals made to decorate elegant homes in Amsterdam. This group of murals depicts Arcadian Landscapes. Arcadia was a mythical realm inhabited by shepherds, nymphs, and satyrs. In this rustic and secluded imaginary region, life was simple yet happy.

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