Arcadian Landscape with a Ceremonial Sacrifice

Jan van Huysum

c. 1700 - c. 1749

Arcadian Landscape with a Ceremonial Sacrifice by Jan van Huysum

Medium

copper (metal)

Dimensions

57; 68

About this artwork

hoogte 57 cm x breedte 68 cm

About the Artist

Jan van Huysum

Van Huysum is known for his detailed still-lifes, consisting of luxuriously composed flowers in a classical syle vase, standing on a stone plinth or table, often in a niche. Early works such as Flower Still-life (1706; Hamburg, Kunsthalle), show a traditional, symmetrical pictorial composition. This and other early flower and fruit still-lifes reveal the influence of Cornelis de Heem and Abraham M...

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