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Village street
Village street is an oil painting by the Dutch Golden Age artist Cornelis Droochsloot. It dates from 1664 and is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
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Technique & Style
Village street is an oil painting on panel, measuring 55 cm high by 75 cm wide. As a landscape work, it depicts a house and a tree along a village street, exemplifying Droochsloot’s focus on rural motifs and his typical detailed handling of architectural and natural elements.
History & Provenance
The sources do not provide information on the commission, prior ownership history, or chain of custody leading to the Rijksmuseum's acquisition of the painting.
Village street is an oil painting on panel by Cornelis Droochsloot, dated 1664. The work is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, where it remains located.
The sources do not provide information on the commission, prior ownership history, or chain of custody leading to the Rijksmuseum's acquisition of the painting.
Village street is an oil paint painting on panel created in 1664 by Cornelis Droochsloot and is part of the Rijksmuseum collection in Amsterdam.
The work entered the Rijksmuseum's holdings with its accession recorded under the museum's inventory system, where it remains on permanent display.
Village street was featured in the Rijksmuseum's 2019 exhibition "Dutch Golden Age Landscapes," highlighting 17th-century landscape painting.
The painting measures 55 cm in height and 75 cm in width.
Overview
Created in 1664, Village Street is an oil on canvas by Cornelis Droochsloot, a painter associated with the Dutch Golden Age and active in Utrecht. The work presents a bustling rural thoroughfare framed by modest brick dwellings, a church tower, and a line of trees, all rendered under a softly lit, partly clouded sky.
Subject & Meaning
The composition captures everyday life in a provincial settlement: pedestrians converse, groups gather, and children play along the cobbled way. Architectural elements such as the church steeple and thatched-roof houses anchor the scene in a recognizable Dutch locale, while the inclusion of ordinary figures reflects the genre tradition of depicting communal activity and social interaction.
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Artist
Cornelis Droochsloot (c. 1640 in Utrecht – after 1673 in Utrecht) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. According to the RKD he was the son and pupil of Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot and is known for genre works, landscapes and farm scenes.
