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Preview image of work. oil on canvas, Landscape with Dancing Peasants 167

1813.25

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Landscape with Dancing Peasants

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Artist

Jacques Fouquières (ca. 1580 (active in France) - 1659)

Title

Landscape with Dancing Peasants

Creation Date

1600-1659

Century

early 17th century

Dimensions

17 in. x 23 in. (43.18 cm x 58.42 cm)

Object Type

painting

Creation Place

Europe, Flanders, Flanders

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

Credit Line

Bequest of the Honorable James Bowdoin III

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1813.25

This painting, acquired by James and Sarah Bowdoin when they lived in Paris between 1805 and 1808, still bears its decorative Empire-style frame. The bucolic subject was fashionable again in the early years of the nineteenth century, when many felt it was time to reconnect with nature as an ailment for undesirable hygienic conditions in cities, the political troubles of the era, and for moral improvement. The period saw a revival of landscape painting in the style of the seventeenth century and a renewed appreciation for Dutch, French, and Italian artists of the Baroque period who rendered idealized Italianate landscapes such as this. Jacques Fouquières was a Flemish artist who is said to have collaborated with Peter Paul Rubens before he moved to Paris in 1621, simultaneously with and perhaps prompted by Rubens. He was met with considerable success, and King Louis XIII honored him with the title of baron.

Additional Media

front with freame

Keywords: landscape (representation)