POELENBURGH, Cornelis van
(b. ca. 1594, Utrecht, d. 1667, Utrecht)

Landscape with Diana and Callisto

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Oil on panel, 54 x 82 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

This painting focuses almost wholly on the figures themselves in spite of the beautiful, architectural landscape in which they are set. Van Poelenburgh brings them to life with his use of a rich colour palette and by composing the respective groups in such a way as to create energetic flowing brushwork.