Brazilian Landscape
Date1665
Object PlaceHolland, Netherlands, Western Europe, Europe
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings
Dimensions32 3/4 inches × 22 inches (83.19 × 55.88 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, General Membership Fund
Object number34.188
DescriptionLandscape with church and tropical flora and fauna. In foreground are tropical fruit trees, palm trees and flowering vines. Among the vegetation are four-legged reptiles at left, an armadilla and a monkey in center and a cobra devouring a hare at right. Several figures stand outside a church in midground at left. Architectural forms and more figures apparent in background.On View
Not on viewLocations
- Storage - Long-term Demo Museum (Hanover Square), East Wing, European Painting Storage, Screen 1, B
ProvenanceNew York, Dr. Siegfried F. Aram, (dealer) 1934
17th Century
c. 1678
18th Century
c. 1730
1540/1545
1641