Adriaen van de Velde (1636 - 1672) — Auction
Lot 71 ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE (AMSTERDAM 1636-1672)
Adriaen van de Velde (1636 - 1672)
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Adriaen van de Velde
30.11.1636 - 21.01.1672
The Netherlands
Adriaen van de Velde was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and print artist. His favorite subjects were landscapes with animals and genre scenes. He also painted beaches, dunes, forests, winter scenes, portraits in landscapes, as well as mythological and biblical scenes. He belongs to a group of painters referred to as the Dutch Italianate painters, who combined Dutch agricultural landscapes with mythological or Arcadian scenes in Italian settings. His paintings are characterised by their delicate, careful composition and his mastery of lighting effects as well as the human figure.
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Date: 23.05.2024 10:00 UTC -04:00
Number of lots in the catalog: 111