A House on a Hillside in a Southern Landscape
Purchase, PECO Foundation Gift, 2011
Catalogue
- Year
- 1640
- Dimensions
- sheet: 7 5/8 x 12 3/16 in. (19.4 x 30.9 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Adam Pynacker
Artist
Drawing
Adam Pynacker was a Dutch Golden Age painter specializing in Italianate landscapes with dramatic light effects and mountainous terrain. Active in the mid-seventeenth century, he developed a distinctive approach to landscape composition that combined northern European precision with the romantic grandeur of Alpine and Mediterranean scenery. His work influenced the development of landscape painting in the Dutch Republic during a period of increasing artistic sophistication and international exchange.
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Record
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- Adam Pynacker
- Year
- 1640
- Dimensions
- sheet: 7 5/8 x 12 3/16 in. (19.4 x 30.9 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1640-012997
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified