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Landscape with Travelers

1630s

Herman van Swanevelt

(Dutch, c. 1600–1655)
Culture
Netherlands
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
Framed: 98 x 119 x 9 cm (38 9/16 x 46 7/8 x 3 9/16 in.); Unframed: 75 x 94.8 cm (29 1/2 x 37 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Holden Collection 1916.823
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Swanevelt played an important role in the development of 17th-century landscape painting in Rome. Often regarded as a follower of Claude Lorrain (1600-1682), with whom he briefly shared a home, most scholars now believe that the influence was mutual. Swanevelt's landscapes are distinguished by the use of Roman peasants, rather than the classical figures preferred by his contemporaries.
A horizontally oriented oil painting depicts a lush landscape anchored by a large, central tree. To the left, figures wearing hats and a white dog cross a bridge while a man rests nearby. On the right, travelers lead pack animals toward a tall stone building. Muted greens and earthy browns define the terrain beneath a blue sky streaked with soft yellow clouds and hazy, distant mountains lining the horizon.

Landscape with Travelers

1630s

Herman van Swanevelt

(Dutch, c. 1600–1655)
Netherlands

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