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Landscape with Hunters

c. 1660–80

Jan Wijnants

(Dutch, 1635–1684)
Culture
Netherlands
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
Framed: 53 x 58 x 5.8 cm (20 7/8 x 22 13/16 x 2 5/16 in.); Unframed: 36.8 x 44.1 cm (14 1/2 x 17 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Dr. Paul J. Vignos Jr. 2011.48
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To supplement his income as a painter, Jan Wijnants also owned an inn.

Description

Dune landscapes were a subject of great interest in seventeenth-century Netherlands, among the earliest subjects for independent landscape. They were the bread-and-butter speciality for Wijnants, whose far more unusual Amsterdam canal scene is also in the collection of the CMA.
A horizontally oriented oil painting depicts a landscape under a pale blue sky with gray and white clouds. On the right, a sun-drenched, sand colored embankment rises toward muted green trees and broken fences. At its base, two men with light skin tones rest with three dogs; one stands in a dark coat holding a rifle, while the other sits in red. A dark, wet path reflects light in the foreground.

Landscape with Hunters

c. 1660–80

Jan Wijnants

(Dutch, 1635–1684)
Netherlands

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