Arcadian Landscape with an Altar
Artist
Juriaan Andriessen
(Dutch, 1742 – 1819)
Datec. 1800
CultureDutch
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LineGift of Mrs. William Sisler/Mary Sisler Foundation, 1976
Object numberSN954.3
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.
On View
On viewLocation
DimensionsFrame: 138 1/4 x 70 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (351.2 x 179.7 x 5.7 cm)- Museum of Art, Gallery 15, Wall South
Image: 135 3/4 x 68 in. (344.8 x 172.7 cm)
last quarter of 1600s or first quarter of 1700s
H. Buckland
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