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A number of boats navigate a pale turquoise lake that is surrounded on all sides by dark trees. The white sail of the vessel in the middle ground provides a bright accent, its curve complementing the shape of the branches at top left. In the foreground, two men stand on the shore, talking and leaning on their fishing rods; to the right, a passenger plays the lute as his boat pushes off. Few seem concerned with work.Idealised, imaginary landscape views were extremely popular in seventeenth-century Italy. It is possible that this one, like its companion piece Landscape with Hunting Party, was made to hang above a door in the Palazzo Giustiniani in Rome. Viola has borrowed certain details within the painting -- the sailing boat left of centre, for example -- from a work by the celebrated painter Domenichino (private collection).
Title
Landscape with a River and Boats
Date
early 17th century
Medium
Oil on canvas
Measurements
H 95.3 x W 132.1 cm
Accession number
NG56
Acquisition method
Holwell Carr Bequest, 1831
Work type
Painting
