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Dune Landscape with a Signal Post

Philips Wouwerman

c. 1651 - c. 1653

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

h 24.4cm × w 30.2cm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

panel; oil paint (paint)

Object Type

painting

Subject Matter

dune coast; visual signalling

Acquisition Method

purchase

Acquired

1808

Notes

Landschap met een seinpaal bij een boerenhuis op de oever van een rivier. Op de voorgrond en links gaan enkele figuren over een landweg.

Collection Type

paintings

About Philips Wouwerman

1619–1668 • Dutch Republic

Specialized in military and hunting scenes in which horses are prominent. Son of a little known painter in Alkmaar, Paul Joosten Wouwerman. Philips died at the age of 48 reportedly as the result of an accident, having created a large number of landscapes, battle scenes and the elegant life of his time, set in castles, parties, hunting, huntsmen and prized horses.