Arcadisch landschap met links een tempel en op de voorgrond een zittende oude man
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
160.5; 325
About this artwork
Wandschildering in het midden. Uit een serie van tien wandschilderingen met arcadische landschappen in de kamer aan de tuinkant op de hoofdverdieping van het huis Herengracht 524 te Amsterdam.
About the Artist
Jurriaan Andriessen
A painter and draftsman known mostly for his painted wallpapers. He eventually owned his own successful factory; his designs followed the prevailing 18th-century taste for arcadian and native Dutch landscapes with small figures, and especially for decorative architecture. He was active in the Amsterdam Tekenacademie, first as a student, then as a teacher, and, by 1784, as co-director with Cornelis...