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Family Group in a Landscape

Unknown

1650

unspecified

From the collection of Statens Museum for Kunst

Landscape

Dominant colour

Family Group in a Landscape is a 1650 unspecified by Unknown, held at Statens Museum for Kunst.

Who painted this?: Unknown
When & what style?: 1650
Where can I see it?: Statens Museum for Kunst

About this work

This painting shows a group of eight people in a wooded area. The adults are dressed in old-fashioned clothes, with one man holding a walking stick and another playing a lute. The kids wear simple dresses and stand or sit around them. Tall trees and a distant body of water fill the background, with soft light filtering through the leaves. The way the artist used light and shadow makes the figures stand out against the dark forest. The clothes and instruments suggest a moment of rest during a family outing. Next, look up chiaroscuro to see how this lighting trick works.