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View of Sint-Pieter across the Maas

Joris van der Haagenaround 1635-1650

Bonnefantenmuseum

Bonnefantenmuseum
Maastricht, Netherlands

Topographical elements always play a prominent role in the work of Joris van der Haagen. His View of Sint-Pieter across the Meuse is a geographically correct representation of the former village of Sint-Pieter with the ‘Huis de Torentjes’ in the background right. The work is not dated. The artist travelled a lot, but ended up spending much of his life in The Hague. In 1653, he became a master of the St Lucas Guild, but as early as 1556 he founded a new brotherhood, the Confrerie Pictura, along with a few other painters. Unlike the guild, this organisation was exclusively for painters, and it also aimed to stand up to the fierce competition from immigrants from the Southern Netherlands.

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  • Title: View of Sint-Pieter across the Maas
  • Creator: Joris van der Haagen
  • Date: around 1635-1650
  • Physical Dimensions: 114 x 114 x 8,5 cm
  • Provenance: Loan Limburgs Geschied- en Oudheidkundig Genootschap. © Peter Cox/Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht
  • Medium: oil on canvas
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