Landscape with Two Donkeys, Goats and Pigs, Karel du Jardin, 1655

oil on canvas, h 35.5cm × w 46cm More details

A farmer separates the wheat from the chaff, while chickens eagerly pick at the fallen grains. The raking light of the low-hanging sun evokes an early evening atmosphere. The architectural style of the cylindrical building in the distance situates the scene in Italy. Such southern pastoral and peasant idylls were Du Jardin’s speciality.

Identification

Title(s)

Landscape with Two Donkeys, Goats and Pigs
Landscape with two Donkeys, goats and Pigs

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-195

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date: ‘K: du Iardin. fe 1655.’

Description

Beesten op het erf van een Italiaanse boerderij: een geit met drie bokjes, twee ezels en drie varkens. Bij het hek voor de boerderij scheidt een boer het kaf van het koren.

Creation

Artist

painter: Karel du Jardin

Dating

1655

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 35.5 cm × width 46 cm

Subject

What

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1809

Copyright

Public domain

Documentation

All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 204
Cat. tent. 'Karel Du Jardin 1626-1678', Amsterdam (Rijksmuseum Amsterdam) 2007, p. 44, fig. 31

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.8352

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