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Travelers in the Grotto, Philips Wouwerman 1619–1668, painter; genre scene with horses and grotto with sculptures; oil painting, circa 1640–1643, height 27.8 cm, width 30.3 cm; with frame: height 42 cm, width 45 cm., A dimly lit scene dominated by warm brown and ochre tones shows a group of people and animals gathered near a large stone pedestal with a sculptural relief. In the center a woman in a pale head covering and a long pink dress with yellow sleeves stands facing slightly to the right, her hands held near her chest. Beside her a man in dark clothing and a hat gestures toward the sculpture with an outstretched arm. A crouching figure in muted clothing attends to a dog at their feet while another figure in a dark cloak sits on or near a horse that stands with a saddle. A second horse, pale with darker mane and tail, is turned away from the viewer on the left. A dark-colored dog or animal is near the pedestal on the right. The background is shadowy with swirling textures of deep brown, dark green, and black, and the floor area shows reddish-brown earth with scattered stones and a few fallen cylindrical objects near the lower right. The overall color palette includes browns, ochres, pink, yellow, pale beige, dark greens, and black.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A16_289

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

44.3Mo (1.8Mo) / 35.0cm x 31.7cm / 4135 x 3741 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Travelers Grotto Philips Wouwerman 1619–1668 painter genre scene horses grotto sculptures oil painting circa 1640–1643 height 27.8 cm width 30.3 cm frame height 42 cm width 45 cm dimly lit scene dominated warm brown ochre tones group people animals gathered near large stone pedestal sculptural relief center woman pale head covering long pink dress yellow sleeves stands facing slightly right hands held chest Beside man dark clothing hat gestures sculpture outstretched arm crouching figure muted clothing attends dog feet another figure dark cloak sits horse saddle second horse pale darker mane tail turned away viewer left dark-colored dog animal pedestal background shadowy swirling textures deep brown dark green black floor area reddish-brown earth scattered stones fallen cylindrical objects near lower right color palette includes browns ochres yellow pale beige dark greens black.