The Twelve Months: February
1613
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1613
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Twelve Months: February is a 1613 by Jan van de Velde, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
The painting shows a winter scene in the Netherlands. It's a quiet moment in February. The artist used simple lines and colors to depict the scene, which makes it interesting because it's a calm and peaceful moment in the middle of winter, and the way the artist composed the scene draws the viewer's eye to the center, where people are going about their daily activities. You can learn more about this style by looking at the work of artist: Jan van de Velde II (Dutch, 1593–1641)
Jan van de Velde the younger (1593 – c. 1 November 1641) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker, mostly of animal, landscape and still-life subjects. He was the son of Jan van de Velde the Elder and the father of…
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