Landscape with Herdsmen and Animals in front of the Baths of Diocletian, Rome
About this artwork
This picturesque view of Rome, with the ruins of the Baths of Diocletian in the background, was once thought to be by Jan Asselijn. The current attribution to Pieter van Bloemen is more likely, as this type of Italianate landscape with careful groupings of figures and animals is typical of his work. In the 1560s, fragments of the ruined Roman baths had been converted into the Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli by Pope Pius IV. Van Bloemen, with his masterful control over seemingly incidental detail, has included the tiny cross of the church at the apex of one of the roofs.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Pieter van Bloemen (1657 - 1720) Flemish
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title:Landscape with Herdsmen and Animals in front of the Baths of Diocletian, Rome
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date created:About 1700
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:48.50 x 63.50 cm; Framed: 65.00 x 80.00 x 8.80 cm / 8.00 kg
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credit line:Bequest of Mrs Mary Veitch to the Royal Scottish Academy 1875; transferred and presented 1910
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accession number:NG 1014
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Pieter van Bloemen
Pieter van Bloemen
Pieter van Bloemen was a Flemish artist, and master in the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke. A prolific painter, he was at the height of his career during an extended stay in Rome from 1687-1692. He mostly painted landscapes with figures and animals either travelling or at rest, although he also painted...
