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Landscape with Rebekah Taking Leave of her Father
The sunlit clouds and warm haze in the background are flanked by tall leafy trees. The foreground with its discreet biblical figures is in shadow, while the light draws our gaze deep into the landscape. The compositional principle developed by Claude Lorrain in the 17th century was to exert enormous influence on European landscape painting. His tranquil landscapes continued to inspire artists well…
Creator
Type of item
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
- Visual arts
Creator
Type of item
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
- Visual arts
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Nationalmuseum, Sweden
Provenance
- Purchase 1974 with contribution from the Friends of the Nationalmuseum
Identifier
- NM 6544
- 23593
Extent
- Mått 60,5 x 80 cm
Format
- Oil on canvas
- Oil painting
Providing country
- Sweden
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-01-11T14:09:32.767Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2017-01-11T14:27:05.308Z