Rural Landscapes and Scenes

Artistic depictions of serene rural landscapes, capturing natural beauty and daily life subjects, from the 17th to 18th centuries, in various painting styles.

People sitting on riverbank by Francesco Zuccarelli, oil on canvas, 1702-1788, 18th century, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 81, 5x119

'Gipsy Encampment: Sunset', c1758, (1935). Artist: Thomas Gainsborough.

The Country Road. Dating: c. 1620 - c. 1625. Measurements: support: h 39.6 cm × w 71.8 cm; t 1.0 cm; d 5.2 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Gillis Claesz. de Hondecoeter.

Arcadian Landscape. Bartholomeus Breenbergh (Northern Netherlands, Deventer, circa 1598/1600 - circa 1657). Holland, circa 1630. Paintings. Oil on copper

Landscape with figures, 17th century, unknown artist, Venetian school, Salotto Soci (Members Hall), ground floor, Palazzo Spinola, Milan, Lombardy, Italy.

Anchoress Working in the Garden unknown

Landscape with Travelers, 1630s. Herman van Swanevelt (Dutch, c. 1600-1655). Oil on canvas; framed: 98 x 119 x 9 cm (38 9/16 x 46 7/8 x 3 9/16 in.); unframed: 75 x 94.8 cm (29 1/2 x 37 5/16 in.).

The Death of Orpheus, Landscape by Thomas Jones, 1742-1803, British, active in Italy (1776-83), figures by John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740-1779, British, ca. 1770, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 37 1/2 x 51 inches (95.3 x 129.5 cm), attack, death, forest, landscape, man, religious and mythological subject, water, women

Landscape. Date/Period: 1702/1788. Painting. Oil. Width: 955 cm. Height: 901 cm. Author: FRANCESCO ZUCCARELLI.

Ideal Landscape with a Shepherd Playing a Flute and a Shepherdess Listening, Leaning over a Tombstone. Bloemen, Jan Frans van, zw. Orizzonte (1662-1749), author

People sitting on riverbank by Francesco Zuccarelli, oil on canvas, 1702-1788, 18th century, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 81, 5x119

Orpheus in the animal family; Hondecoeter, Gillis Claesz. DE (1575/1580-1638); early XVII century (1600-00-00-1610-00-00);Orpheus (mitol.), Trees, Flemish painting, Dutch painting, landscapes, mythological scenes, animals

Claudio de Lorena / 'The Herd's Output', 1636-1637, French School, Canvas, 98 cm x 130 cm, P02260. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN. Author: CLAUDE LORRAIN.

The Ark ca. 1700 American Executed in Amsterdam, this painting has a long history of ownership in New York. Samuel Verplanck (1739-1820) may have purchased it while in Amsterdam for his wedding to Judith Crommelin in 1761. Furnishings from the couples New York town house are displayed in a period room in The American Wing (gallery 718).. The Ark 12855

A Forest at Dawn with a Deer Hunt. Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp). Dimensions: 24 1/4 x 35 1/2 in. (61.5 x 90.2 cm). Date: ca. 1635.Rubens painted about three dozen landscapes during his busy career, mostly for his own pleasure. The late ones, like this superb example, transform earlier Flemish models through fresh studies of nature and color and brushwork ultimately inspired by Titian. Here hunting is treated as a contest of elemental forces: light and darkness, life and death, growth and decay. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Italian Landscape with the Ponte Lucano over the Aniene River, Jan Both, c. 1650 - 1652 painting Italian landscape with the Ponte Lucano. A man and a woman rest their driving animals on the bank. An ox wagon is hit by the road. In the distance the Ponte Lucano over the Aniene River, near Tivoli, with the mausoleum of the Plautii. copper (metal). oil paint (paint) river. landscape with bridge, viaduct or aqueduct. riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman Ponte Lucano. Milvische Brug

Country people at a dilapidated farm, Jan van Goyen, 1631

Vertangen, Daniel, image reference: S0001100, museum/owner: SFF, name: Bathing nymphs, 30 x 35, painting, original: 32102.828, photo: Lukumaa, Jaakko/KKA, AgfaT5000+/ PS 6.0, data input: JVAINIO, 12.09.01

'Landscape with Flight into Egypt'. Netherlands, First half of the 16th century ( ). Dimensions: 33x59,7 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: HERRI MET DE BLES.

Pastoral scene, by Francesco Zuccarelli (1702-1788), oil painting.

Jean Honoré Fragonard, A Game of Hot Cockles, c 1775 1780 A Game of Hot Cockles

View of a levantine port. Levantine port. Oriental merchants under a bow on the quay of a port where crates, suitcases, tons and other goods are prepared for transport.

'Henry IV and his Suite Hunting'. France, Circa 1804. Dimensions: 71,5x98 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: NICOLAS-ANTOINE TAUNAY.

Tobias and the Angel. Date/Period: Third quarter of 18th century. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 117 cm (46 in); Width: 88 cm (34.6 in). Author: VITTORIO AMEDEO CIGNAROLI.

We are on the banks of the river; Colin, P.G.P. (fl. 1766-1771); 1767 (1767-00-00-1767-00-00);Horses, Flemish painting, hunters, landscapes, pendant, rivers

'Departure for the Hunt'. Holland, Second half of the 1650s - early 1660s. Dimensions: 66x50,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: PHILIPS WOUWERMAN.

Landscape with ruins, cattle and deer. Dating: c. 1614 - c. 1620. Measurements: support: h 46 cm × w 69.1 cm; d 7.8 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: ROELANT SAVERY.

Meeting between David and Abigail. Dating: 1597. Measurements: h 99 cm × w 131 cm; d 9.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: JOACHIM WTEWAEL.

Abandonment of Moses / Poussin / c.1624

Giovanni Sons, The Judgment of Paris, late 16th century The Judgment of Paris

A View in Rome by Lorrain, Claude (1600-1682) National Gallery, London 1632 Oil on canvas 60,3x84 France Baroque Landscape Painting

Pedro Rodríguez de Miranda / 'Landscape'. 1740 - 1760. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Autumn. Date/Period: From 1730 until 1735. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,130 mm (44.48 in); Width: 1,840 mm (72.44 in). Author: Antoni Viladomat.

Landscape with ties; unknown, Brueghel, Jan (1568-1625; st.); XVII century (1600-00-00-1700-00-00);Popławski, Jan (1860-1935), Popławski, Jan (1860-1935)-collections, trees, copies, Flemish painting, landscapes, characters, message (provenance), rivers, sledds

AGRICULTURA - HACIA 1750 - OLEO/LIENZO. Author: NADAL FERRAGUT JAUME. Location: POSESION DE MASSANELLA. ESCORCA.

Earthly Paradise, Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1610, Museum Of Fine Arts, Seville, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes / 'A Stickball Game', 1779, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 261 cm x 470 cm, P00784. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Landscape with women at a well, by Andrea Locatelli (1695-1741), oil on canvas, 61x73 cm.

Soutman, Pieter, work, Drunken Silenus, (1000 - 2003), line etching and copper engraving, graphics, leaf width 29.3 cm, leaf height 35.1 cm

The waterfalls at Tivoli, Karel Dujardin, 1673

Jesus and the Samaritan Woman at the Well, by Pietro da Cortona (1596-1669), fresco. Chapel of Villa Sacchetti, Castelfusano.

Landscape with the Ashes of Phocion, Nicolas Poussin, 1648,

Villa at Caprarola. Date/Period: 1746. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 132.6 cm (52.2 in); Width: 309.6 cm (10.1 ft). Author: Claude-Joseph Vernet.

Michel Duplessis. Soldiers in a landscape. Oil on wood. 1751-1800. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 76084-18 Horseman, horse, woman, wood on wood, military, landscape

Claude Lorrain (1600 - 1682), The Judgment of Paris, 1645-1646, oil on canvas. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Falconry, by an artist from the Flemish school (early 17th century).

The Death of Ophelia, Robert Smirke, 1752-1845, British, ca. 1810, Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 4 13/16 x 5 7/8 inches (12.2 x 14.9 cm), castle, clouds, drama, dress, drowning, figure study, gesturing, Hamlet, play by William Shakespeare, literary theme, plays by William Shakespeare, river, scarf, sitting, suicide, trees, willows, woman

Philips Wouverman (1619-1668). "Bohemians". Wood oil, before 1651. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, Petit Palais. 35762-2 Bohemian, camp, oil on wood, landscape

Washerwomen. Date/Period: 17th century. Painting. Oil on panel Oil. Height: 368 mm (14.48 in); Width: 438 mm (17.24 in). Author: Nicolaes Pietersz Follower of Berchem.

Leda and the Swan (Leda, legendary Spartan princess, with Jupiter in form of swan)

Expulsion of Hagar. Teniers, David, I (1582-1649), painter

Ostade, Isaack van (n.1621-06-02-D.1649-10-16), farm courtyard (main title), 1640. Wood oil. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris. Farm courtyard (main title)

The Marechal-Ferrant According to Philips Wouverman (1619-1668). The Marshal-Ferrant. Oil on canvas.

Meleager and Atalanta. Date/Period: Ca. 1770. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,045 cm (11.4 yd); Width: 1,295 cm (14.1 yd). Author: RICHARD WILSON.

Landscape with Bathing Nymphs Pieter Andreas Rysbrack (1690-1748 Flemish) Oil on canvas Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia

Jan Brueghel 'el Viejo' / 'Gypsy Gathering in a Wood', 1612, Flemish School, Oil on copper, 36 cm x 43 cm, P01432. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

A gouache painting by Karl Markó from 1829 depicting Rebekka at the well, showing figure, posture, clothing, and surrounding landscape elements.

anonymous, 18th century, allegory of the dense of the Philippines by Don Simon de Anda y Salazar , oil on canvas, Alava Fine Arts Museum, Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain

Imaginary Landscape. Artist: Gaspard Dughet (French, Rome 1615-1675 Rome). Dimensions: 37 7/8 x 60 1/2 in. (96.2 x 153.7 cm).Gaspard Dughet was Poussin's brother-in-law. He learned to paint from him and was also later, confusingly, known as "Gaspard Poussin." His landscapes are usually wilder versions of Poussin's classical visions, closer in temperament to the paintings of Salvator Rosa, with rocky outcrops and blasted trees. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Gypsy in a landscape, painting by David Teniers (baptised 15 December 1610 in Antwerp, died 25 April 1690 in Brussels), Flemish painter, draughtsman and curator. He was an innovator in a variety of genres such as history painting, genre painting, landscape, portrait and still life. He is most remembered today as the leading Flemish genre painter of his time, reproduction from a 17th century painting. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of original unknown

Landscape Scene with Saint Roch Joachim Patinir (1480-1524 Flemish)

Amorous couple in garden by anonymous painter, painting, Russia, St. Petersburg , State Russian Museum, 79x58, 5

Hercules fighting Achelos in a landscape (river god fighting Hercules over affections of princess Deianira)

Ginés Andrés de Aguirre / 'A Horse Market'. XVIII century. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

War scene by Adam Frans van der Meulen, Oil on wood, 1632-1690, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 13, 7x17, 1

Philips Wouwerman / 'Hunting and Fishing Party', 1660-1662, Dutch School, Oil on canvas, 76 cm x 115 cm, P02147. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

'River Landscape', 1600-1635, Flemish School, Oil on copper, 25 cm x 29 cm, P01386. Author: ANONIMO SIGLO XVII. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Abraham Willemsen / 'The Rest on the Flight into Egypt'. XVII century. Oil on copperplate. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Richard Wilson RA, 1714-1782, British, active in Italy (1750-56), Hadrian's Villa, between 1775 and 1782. Oil on canvas.

PAISAJE - SIGLO XVII - ESCUELA FRANCESA. Author: NICOLAS POUSSIN. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Italian Landscape with three Women Making Music, Gerard de Lairesse, Johannes Glauber, c. 1687

Martyrdom of St. Venantius of Camerino. Date/Period: 1595/1605. Painting. Oil on canvas. Width: 201.9 cm. Height: 144.1 cm (without frame). Author: Scarsellino.

José del Castillo / 'The Retiro Park with strollers'. 1779. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Landscape with Armed Men. Salvator Rosa (Italy, Naples, 1615-1673). Italy, circa 1640. Paintings. Oil on canvas

Roman Landscape by Bocklin, Arnold (1827-1901) Brooklyn Museum, New York 1852 Schwitzerland Oil on canvas Painting Landscape

Henry met de Bles called il Civetta (1510-1550). Flemish painter. Landscape with Moses before the burning bush, ca.1531. Farnese Collection. National Museum of Capodimonte. Naples. Italy.

'Jacob Meeting Rachel'. Holland, 1624. Dimensions: 38x62,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Jacques Waben.

Sandy Road with a Farmhouse. Artist: Jan van Goyen (Dutch, Leiden 1596-1656 The Hague). Dimensions: 12 1/8 x 16 1/4 in. (30.8 x 41.3 cm). Date: 1627.Painted in Leiden in 1627, this small panel is one of the earliest examples of a diagonal design that the artist would use until about 1640. Although Van Goyen worked in Haarlem only when he studied with Esaias van de Velde (1617-18), his tonal manner was well known to Haarlem painters such as Salomon van Ruysdael and Pieter de Molijn. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fish trade in the port; Teniers, David II (1610-1690); 18th century (1701-00-00-1800-00-00);trade, painting, Flemish painting, genre painting, ports, message (provenance), fish, genre scenes

Landscape with Nymphs Bathing, 1795-1805 Thomas Rowlandson, Landscape, Watercolour, Ink, Nude, Fantasy scenario

Zugno, Francesco (1709-1787) National Gallery, London Painting 53,7x80,7 Bible The Finding of Moses

"The Piper (Shepherd Scene with Shawm Player. Flute Player) ". Dating: 1646. Measurements: h 75 cm × w 67.5 cm; d 6.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jan Baptist Wolfaerts.

PERSONAJES ENTRE ARQUITECTURA - S XVII. Author: ESCUELA ITALIANA. Location: FUNDACION SANTANDER CENTRAL HISPANO. MADRID. SPAIN.

Landscape with the Marriage of Isaac and Rebecca by Lorrain, Claude (1600-1682) National Gallery, London 1648 Oil on canvas 152,3x201 France Baroque Landscape Painting

Sea shore of Scheveningen; Kool, Willem Gillisz. (1608 cars 1609-1666); 1658 (1658-00-00-1658-00-00);Popławski, Jan (1860-1935), Popławski, Jan (1860-1935)-collections, Dutch painting, landscapes, aquatic landscapes, message (provenance), fishermen, fish, dunes, boats

Parable of the Prodigal Son, Cornelis Massijs, 1538 painting The parable of the lost son. The return of the lost son, who is welcomed by his father. Behind the father are two of his servants. In a few small scenes, the on the left can be seen the preceding episodes from the story: the wastage of the inheritance in the brothel and the lost son as a pork keeper. On the right a vast landscape mountain landscape with a village on a river. panel. oil paint (paint) the prodigal son returns home, where his father awaits him

The court of Isabella d'Este, 1506, by Lorenzo Costa (ca 1537-1583), oil on canvas, 164x197 cm.

Death of Eurydice, by Niccolo dell'Abate, circa 1552-71, National Gallery, London, England, UK, GB, Europe

Scene with Villagers by Paret y Alcazar, Luis (1746-1799) / Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao / Neoclassicism / 1786 / Spain / Oil on canvas / Landscape,Genre / 48x37,2

Shepherdess Reading. Dating: 1706. Measurements: h 53.5 cm × w 44.5 cm; d 7.4 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Simon van der Does.

'Autumn'. Four Seasons Series. Italy, 1580s. Dimensions: 96x130 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Bassano, Francesco, II (Francesco da Ponte) (workshop).

The seasons, summer, or Ruth and Booz, 1640-1644, by Nicolas Poussin (1594-1655), oil on canvas.

Fête galante in a Landscape. This is a fine example of a new type of painting, known as the fête galante or courtship party, which was developed in Paris shortly after 1710. No specific story is depicted. Elegantly dressed men and women converse, play music and flirt, always in an outdoor setting. Pater was one of the leading specialists of this new genre.

Pastimes at a country house, by Giuseppe Zais (1709-1784), painting.

A Picnic, by Francisco de Goya, 1785-1790, National Gallery, London, England, UK, GB, Europe

Blindman's Buff. Dated: c. 1775/1780. Dimensions: overall: 216.2 x 197.8 cm (85 1/8 x 77 7/8 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JEAN-HONORE FRAGONARD.

fine arts, Patinir, Joachim (circa 1485 - 1524), painting, ""River Landscape with Furnace"", private collection, Hattingen,

Trip to the beach reserved for nobles, by Carlo Bonavia (active years 1740-1788), Italy 18th Century.

Cultivation of the vine in a fresco inside Villa Margon, in the hamlet of Romagnano, Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 16th century.

'Landscape with Dead Game and Dogs'. Flanders. Dimensions: 24x33 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Adriaen de Gryeff (Gryf).

Landscape with Peasants Playing Bowls Outside an Inn. David Teniers the Younger (Flanders (now Belgium), Antwerp, 1610-1690). Holland, circa 1660. Paintings. Oil on canvas

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