Caption

A scene in a military camp with a woman feeding a child and a boy playing with a dog; painter: Pieter van Bloemen 1657–1720; Flemish painting in the Italianism style; subject includes dogs, motherhood, riders, battle scenes, and genre scenes against a landscape background; 17th century; painting; height 39.8 cm, width 55.6 cm., A painted outdoor scene with a group of people and animals in front of a large dark tent under a cloudy blue-gray sky. In the foreground there are several horses, including a white horse with a saddle and a darker brown horse beside it, and a few other pack animals in the background. A seated woman in muted blue and yellow clothing holds a child while nearby a curled up dog rests on the ground and another dog interacts with a standing boy wearing a brown hat and blue garments. A small group of figures near the tent wear earthy tones including brown, red, and beige, and one figure has a wide-brimmed hat. The tent fabric and hanging cloths show shades of dark brown and tan, and the ground is a mix of brown and gray. Small patches of green appear in the distant grassy area and a faint tree silhouette rises above the tent.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A16_249

License type

Rights managed

Available size

31.1Mb (1.8Mb) / 12.9in x 9.4in / 3863 x 2812 (300dpi)

Keywords

A scene military camp woman feeding child boy playing dog painter Pieter van Bloemen 1657–1720 Flemish painting Italianism style subject includes dogs motherhood riders battle scenes genre scenes landscape background 17th century painting height 39.8 cm width 55.6 cm painted outdoor scene group people animals front large dark tent under cloudy blue-gray sky foreground several horses white horse saddle darker brown horse beside pack animals background seated woman muted blue yellow clothing holds nearby curled up dog rests ground another dog interacts standing boy wearing brown hat blue garments small group figures near tent wear earthy tones brown red beige figure wide-brimmed hat tent fabric hanging cloths shades dark brown tan mix gray Small patches green distant grassy area faint tree silhouette rises tent.