Personen op een balustrade met festoenen

About this artwork

hoogte 208 mm (twee aan elkaar geplakte bladen) x breedte 650 mm

Art Historical Context

Cornelis Holsteyn’s “Personen op een balustrade met festoenen” is a delicate pen-and-ink drawing on paper created between 1633 and 1638. Measuring just over twenty centimeters high and more than sixty-five centimeters wide, the work was made by joining two sheets together—an economical solution that allowed the artist to develop a long, frieze-like composition. The scene shows elegantly dressed figures leaning over a balustrade festooned with garlands, suggesting a design for a decorative border or architectural ornament. Holsteyn, active during the Dutch Golden Age, was known for both painti...

About the Artist

Cornelis Holsteyn · 1618–1658

Cornelis Holsteyn studied under his father Pieter Holsteyn the Elder. He has often been confused with Cornelis Cornelissen. Holsteyn engraved numerous plates from his own drawings. Comment on works: History; Genre.