TOEPUT, Lodewijk (b. ca. 1550, Antwerpen, d. ca. 1605, Treviso) |
Winter Landscape under the Sign of Aquarius and Pisces1580-85Fresco Room of Landscapes, Villa Chiericati, Longa di Schiavon | |
This painting recalls Pieter Bruegel the Elder's famous Hunters in the Snow. In it the whiteness of the snow, the low, turbid sky, and the icy surfaces of a severe winter are offset by the colourful, minuscule figures of the skaters that lend the scene a joyful vitality. |