Three Painted Wall Hangings of a Dutch landscape
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
h 326cm × w 124.5cm
Classification
painting, hanging
Museum
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
About this artwork
Behangselschildering van een Hollands landschap met een scène bij het toegangshek van een buitenplaats.
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...