Jan van Huysum
River Landscape
About this artwork
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artist:Jan van Huysum (1682 - 1749) Netherlandish
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title:River Landscape
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Pen and grey ink on the reverse of marbled paper
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measurements:10.00 x 6.70 cm
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object type:
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credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy on loan 1974
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accession number:RSA 474
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Jan van Huysum
Jan van Huysum
Jan van Huysum was born in Amsterdam and trained with his father Justus, a flower painter. After his father died in 1716, he was soon recognised as the most important painter of flower still lifes of his time. Starting with dark backgrounds, he introduced more light in his paintings in the 1710s,...
