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Italian Landscape with Herdsmen

Willem de Heusch

1650 - 1692

Medium

oil on copper

Dimensions

h 22cm × w 29cm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

copper (metal); oil paint (paint)

Object Type

painting

Subject Matter

herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.; (high) hill

Acquisition Method

bequest

Acquired

1870

Notes

oil on copper

Collection Type

paintings

About Willem de Heusch

1625–1692 • Dutch Republic

Painted in the style of the Dutch Italianates. In 1656 at the age of 18, he left for Italy, where he remained for several years. He was a pupil of Jan Both, whose teachings he would always retain. He returned to Holland an older man, and there he continued to paint landscapes with ruins. He was one of the most acknowledged representatives of the Dutch Italianates and preceded the arrival of the great Dutch landscapists. Comment on works: Landscapes with ruins; mythological subjects, landscapes with figures.