Artwork
A Fortress
A Fortress is an oil painting by the Barbizon school artist Mathieu Dubus. It dates from 1639 and is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
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Technique & Style
Created in 1639 by Mathieu Dubus, A Fortress is a landscape painting executed in oil paint on a wooden panel. The work measures 47 cm in height and 64 cm in width. As a seventeenth-century panel painting, the piece utilizes the rigid support characteristic of the period, allowing for the detailed application of oil mediums to render the fortified subject matter within a naturalistic setting.
History & Provenance
No specific inventory or accession number is recorded in the available sources, and no exhibition history is documented.
The work titled A Fortress was created by Mathieu Dubus in 1639 as an oil painting on panel, classified as a landscape. It entered the collection of the Rijksmuseum, where it remains on display. Its creation is documented in 1639, with dimensions recorded as 47 cm in height and 64 cm in width.
A Fortress, painted by Mathieu Dubus in 1639, is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum. The work is an oil-on-panel landscape measuring 47 by 64 cm.
No specific inventory or accession number is recorded in the available sources, and no exhibition history is documented.
Overview
A Fortress is a 1639 oil painting by Mathieu Dubus, a Flemish artist active in The Hague. It is a landscape work featuring a fortified structure and is held in the Rijksmuseum collection.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a large stone fortress on a hill overlooking a body of water, with a small village below. The fortress appears old and imposing, while the scene as a whole conveys a sense of quiet and peacefulness.
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Artist
Mathieu Dubus (South Flanders, possibly in Ypres, c. 1590 – The Hague, between 11 June 1665 and 30 May 1666) was a Flemish-born decorative and landscape painter who was active in The Hague in the Dutch Republic. He…
