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DiaporamaAllegory of Nature as the Mother of Art, Jan van Hemessen, 1540 - 1557
1557
159.0 x 189.0 cm
A young man and woman sat in a landscape under a tree. The man holds a bow in his right hand; in his left a viola da gamba. The woman sprinkles the instrument with milk from her left chest. In the background central a castle built in a water or walled city. Right in the background a shepherd with his flock.
Jan Sanders van Hemessen (1500 – 1566)
Jan Sanders van Hemessen (c. 1500-1566) was a key Flemish Renaissance painter of the Romanist school, known for pioneering genre painting & moralizing scenes with contemporary detail. Influenced by Italian art, he foreshadowed Mannerism and developed
About this artwork
- Title: Allegory of Nature as the Mother of Art, Jan van Hemessen, 1540 - 1557
- Artist: Jan Sanders van Hemessen
- Year: 1557
- Original dimensions: 159.0 x 189.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Main color: Phthalo Green
- Perceived brightness: shadow
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