18th-Century Dutch School Idealised Landscape With Resting Figures medium Artwork in good condition overall

Artwork in good condition overall

we can assume that when this was painted her surname was Ahlefeldt

Artist’s auction highlight

000 achieved at Sotherby’s for ‘Crossing the Wadi’ (100cm x 80cm) in 2018

which remind us of the flappers in the Great Gatsby

18th-Century Dutch School Idealised Landscape With Resting Figures medium Artwork in good condition overallA fine 18th century oil on canvas depicting two figures resting in an idealised rural landscape with setting sun. The artist has drawn their inspiration from the imagined landscapes of classical painters, such as Claude Lorrain and Nicolas Poussin. Artists working in this manner would combine elements from their own natural world with fictional components from antiquity. Often theyd incorporate imagined ruins in a classical style as we can see towards