Details

Object type

painting

Title

Hawking

Artist/Maker

Philips Wouwermans artist

Culture/School

Dutch

Place Associated

Netherlands, Haarlem (place of manufacture)

Date

circa 1650-1652

Materials

oil on panel

Dimensions

framed: 585 x 720 x 107 mm;unframed: 317 mm x 451 mm

Description

Painting entitled 'Hawking', by Philips Wouwerman. Painted in Haarlem, this is an excellent example of a landscape by one of the many Dutch 'Little Masters'. Small in size, it would have been suitable for display in an average middle class town house. The broad sky with windy effect is typical of low-lying Holland, and the sandy dune landscape is reminiscent of the area around Haarlem. The sport of hunting was confined to the better off classes. Therefore artists such as Wouwerman who portrayed scenes such as this had a ready and lucrative market for their work.

Credit Line/Donor

Bequeathed by Jane Graham Gilbert, 1877

ID Number

626

Location

Kelvingrove Dutch Art Gallery