Southern landscape with travelers and farmers: a characteristic work by Moucheron in Amsterdam

(1633 Emden – 1686 Amsterdam) Southern landscape with travelers and farmers. A view from a hill onto the wooded landscape of Arcadia, with a noble couple riding on horseback in the foreground, a resting figure, and a dog. This is a characteristic, atmospherically tuned work by Moucheron, who was familiar with the then Italianizing landscape painting in the workshop of Jan Asselijn in Amsterdam, and it was created in his early period. In 1665, this 22-year-old artist was to embark on a four-year journey to Paris, Rome, and Antwerp. After his return, he mainly depicted southern, tree-rich landscapes with hunting parties, shepherds, and riders, whose figural compositions were often taken from the works of significant artists such as Adriaen van de Velde, Nicolaes Berchem, Johannes Lingelbach, and Jan van Huchtenburg. Oil on canvas, relined. Remnants of a signature lower left. Dimensions: 78 cm x 74 cm. In a frame.