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The painting is a typical early work by Wijnants. The artist builds up the right side of the composition with a sweeping track on a grassy bank, while the dense clump of trees and fallen tree trunks are reminiscent of those found in Ruisdael’s forest pictures of the mid-1650s. By contrast, a sense of space is created in the left side of the picture by the panoramic landscape, criss-crossed by lines of trees, hedges and meandering ribbon-like paths that diminish as they recede into the distance. Sunlight dapples the fields and dunes, highlighting the blond tones of sand and the bright green fields in order to draw the eye into the depth of the picture. The figures have been variously attributed to Wijnants himself and to Adriaen van de Velde (q.
Title
Landscape with Cattle
Date
1661
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 62 x W 89.5 cm
Accession number
P160
Acquisition method
acquired by Sir Richard Wallace, c.1872–1874; bequeathed to the nation by Lady Wallace, 1897
Work type
Painting
