Flachlandschaft mit zwei Anglern,

um 1650/55

Material / Technology / Carrier

Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

133,3 x 165,7 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal IX

Department

Holländische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

9407

Acquisition

1927 aus dem Münchner Kunsthandel erworben

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Philips Koninck, Flachlandschaft mit zwei Anglern, um 1650/55, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/Qlx2o21LXq (Last updated on 21.01.2022)

Koninck, who ran a ferry line between Amsterdam and Rotterdam, was known for his large-format panoramic landscapes under high, cloudy skies. The viewer looks out across the wide river plain from a raised vantage point. The painting’s composition, with a detailed view of the foreground to the middle distance, is dictated by the powerful diagonals of the river’s course. The vast expanse in the background stretching as far as the low horizon is accentuated by the narrow, horizontal strips of land.