# Elegant Figures in the Grounds of a Baroque Palace [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [HEYDEN, Jan van der]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on silvered copper, 12 x 17 cm ## Commentary Van der Heyden was one of the first Dutch painters to specialize in the townscape, although he also depicted rural scenes, landscapes, and, late in his life, still-lifes. However, even the recognizable scenes are only loosely based on actual views. Topographical accuracy does not seem to have been van der Heyden's primary interest and the combination of reality and fantasy often appeared, as it does in this painting, in the form of a contrast between modern, mostly imaginary, buildings and historical settings. Adriaen van de Velde and Johannes Lingelbach both provided staffage for van der Heyden's paintings. Van de Velde painted the figures in the present composition. ## Related artworks - [A Palatial Garden]() - [Amsterdam, Dam Square with the Town Hall and the Nieuwe Kerk]() - [Amsterdam: Street before Haarlem Tower]() - [Approach to the Town of Veere]() - [Dam Square, Amsterdam]() - [Still-Life with Globe, Books and Chinese Silk]() - [Still-Life with Rarities]() - [The Drawbridge]() - [The Huis ten Bosch at The Hague and Its Formal Garden \(View from the East\)]() - [The Huis ten Bosch at The Hague and Its Formal Garden \(View from the South\)]() - [The Martelaarsgracht in Amsterdam]() - [The New Town Hall in Amsterdam]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()