Scuola Fiamminga

Oil painting on canvas, measuring 110 x 125 cm without frame and 120 x 135 cm with frame, depicting an en plein air landscape with houses and figures immersed in the nature of the second half of the 18th century. The composition is very harmonious and warm in color, of great quality especially in the form, while the scene represented here undoubtedly falls into the quintessential theme of the paintings of that period, namely in the so-called genre painting. This painting depicts the allegory of life in the countryside where we can see the serenity, joy and peace that nature itself gives us by looking at the various protagonists of our painting, our humanity that lives and thrives thanks to nature; because it is from the earth that life is born and from the earth that we take inspiration and look out on life; therefore the countryside here is to be understood as a hymn to life and as a cry of love for nature because it is she who gives life to the human being. And in the background we see the protagonist, namely the green, sweet, flourishing land that gives us a sense of tranquility and peace as if it transported us to a distant world full of love, in an Arcadian landscape where only peace and serenity dominate our feelings; furthermore we can see the serenity of the men who work the land with calm and peace dedicated to the care of the land and the countryside itself. This should be a hymn to life immersed in nature and to the simplicity that should reign in our hearts and in our thoughts. This composition, painted at the end of the 80s of the 18th century, is a quality work and perfectly reflects the phase that Dutch painting is experiencing at that time, halfway between a sense of Mannerist inspiration and an adherence to naturalistic observation that the Caravaggesque imprint has developed; even from the purely point of view of expression and form with a setting of colors and the scene so compact and dense the painter lightened everything with the colors of the garments of the protagonists truly ethereal and with a perspective able to give a sense of peace and serenity really remarkable. The paintings and art objects published here are my exclusive property and consequently are always available to be viewed in person, by appointment, in my exhibition venues located in Sanremo and Brescia. The work, like every object of ours, is sold accompanied by a photographic FIMA certificate of authenticity and lawful origin; this document identifies the object, adding value to the article. We personally take care of and organize the packaging and shipping of works of art with insurance all over the world. Dr. Riccardo Moneghini Art Historian