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River Landscape, seen through the Trees

Cornelis Vroomc. 1638

Mauritshuis

Mauritshuis
Den Haag, Netherlands

We are looking from a slope out over a panoramic river landscape. A little further down, some hunters are walking, and their dog is sniffing around in the foreground. Vroom created incredible depth in the landscape, by using mainly pale shades of green and blue. The dark silhouettes of the trees in the foreground reinforce this suggestion.

Vroom, who worked in Haarlem, got many commissions from the court of the stadholder. He is regarded as the forerunner of Jacob van Ruisdael.

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  • Title: River Landscape, seen through the Trees
  • Creator: Vroom, Cornelis
  • Date Created: c. 1638
  • Physical Dimensions: h50 cm x w67 cm
  • Provenance: S. Nijstad Collection, The Hague, 1969 (exhibited in this year at an art and antiques market in Delft); H.J. (Hans) de Koster (1914-1992), Wassenaar, before 1971; bequeathed to his widow, Mrs G. (Goverdina) de Koster-Burgersdijk, Wassenaar, 1992;on long-term loan to the Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, (inv. no. OS 85-756), 1985-2007; on long-term loan to the Mauritshuis, since February 2007; promised gift of Mrs G. de Koster-Burgersdijk, 2008
  • Type: painting; oil
  • Medium: panel
Mauritshuis

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