Landscape with a Battle between Two Rams
This animated scene stands in opposition to the grand, classical tradition represented by Poussin, Claude, and Bourdon. The picture is ascribed to Jan Miel, who moved to Rome in the 1630s. He specialized in scenes of contemporary life referred to as bambocciate, after the nickname of the creator of the genre, Pieter van Laer. Although Miel"s work stands in contrast to the premise of classical landscapes, he is known to have collaborated with Gaspard Dughet and it has been suggested that the landscape in this picture was painted by Dughet with the figures added by Miel.
Jan Miel (1599 – 1663)
Jan Miel (1599-1664) was een Vlaamse schilder werkzaam in Italië, bekend om zijn 'bamboccianti' genreschilderingen van het Romeinse leven en latere classicistische historiestukken. Hofschilder van Karel Emanuel II, Hertog van Savoye.
Over dit kunstwerk
- Titel: Landscape with a Battle between Two Rams
- Kunstenaar: Jan Miel
- Jaar: 1640
- Oorspronkelijke afmetingen: 173.0 x 248.0 cm
- Formaat: Landscape
- Auteursrechtelijke status: Publiek domein
- Creatieve periode: Mature Period
- Context corpus: military conflict , bambocciate genre exploration
- Trefwoorden: classical landscape , miel bambocciate , battle scene artwork
- Kleurtoon: Ochre to Sepia