River Landscape with Travelers, ca. 1670 – 1680

Title

River Landscape with Travelers

Painter

• Peeter Gijsels

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Oil on copper

Material

• copper

Technique

• oil

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet unten rechts in altflämischer Schreibschrift: peeter/geӱsel(s?)

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1882

Genre

• landscape
• city view
• genre

Main Motif

• riverscape
• mountain range
• valley
• building
• woman
• child
• man
• group of people
• animal

Primary

• 25H landscapes
• 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone)
• 25H213 river
• 25H11 mountains
• 25H114 low hill country
• 25H12 dale, valley
• 46C513 'en route', traveller under way

Secondary

• 46C11 road, path
• 25H112 rocks
• 25I1 city-view in general; 'veduta'
• 11Q712 church (exterior)
• 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings
• 46A2211 city dwellers
• 43C9 dancing
• 46A14 farmers
• 46AA14 farmers - AA - female farmer, farmer's wife
• 25H183 field filled with a crop
• 41D422 bleaching (laundering)
• 43B42 park
• 47I421 vineyard
• 46C112 bridge
• 46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat
• 25H216 waterfall
• 47D31 windmill
• 26A clouds