# Mountainous Landscape with Traveling Herdsmen

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ASSELYN, Jan](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/asselyn-jan-r7176d6aeea8654>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on wood, 43 x 67 cm

## Commentary

Asselyn painted his Italian landscapes from memory after returning to the Netherlands. The Mountainous Landscape with Traveling Herdsmen he synthesized his image of Italy without including any details that otherwise introduce an Italian mood into his pictures.

## Related artworks

- [Beggars in front of a Roman Limekiln](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/asselyn-jan-r7176d6aeea8654/beggars-in-front-of-a-roman-limekiln-r9b5935380a0632>)
- [Cavalry Engagement](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/asselyn-jan-r7176d6aeea8654/cavalry-engagement-r206d972566d9d4>)
- [Coastal Scene with Resting Riders \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/asselyn-jan-r7176d6aeea8654/coastal-scene-with-resting-riders-detail-r6668b1ff0edd99>)
- [Coastal Scene with Resting Riders](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/asselyn-jan-r7176d6aeea8654/coastal-scene-with-resting-riders-r74d3f192a40ade>)
- [Italian Landscape with SS. Giovanni e Paolo in Rome](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/asselyn-jan-r7176d6aeea8654/italian-landscape-with-ss-giovanni-e-paolo-in-rome-r86394b7ff3d5c5>)
- [Italian Landscape with the Ruins of a Roman Bridge and Aqueduct](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/asselyn-jan-r7176d6aeea8654/italian-landscape-with-the-ruins-of-a-roman-bridge-and-aqueduct-r72e95d5035808c>)
- [Italianate Landscape with a River and an Arched Bridge](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/asselyn-jan-r7176d6aeea8654/italianate-landscape-with-a-river-and-an-arched-bridge-ra8b0aefda24746>)
- [Italianate Landscape with Peasants and Animals Fording a River](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/asselyn-jan-r7176d6aeea8654/italianate-landscape-with-peasants-and-animals-fording-a-river-redff4cda05159b>)
- [Landscape with Ruins and Hunting Party](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/asselyn-jan-r7176d6aeea8654/landscape-with-ruins-and-hunting-party-r14ac8d25405e12>)
- [River Bank with Herdsmen](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/asselyn-jan-r7176d6aeea8654/river-bank-with-herdsmen-r3ea640c31fe635>)
- [The Breach of the Sint Anthonisdijk](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/asselyn-jan-r7176d6aeea8654/the-breach-of-the-sint-anthonisdijk-r7cb04cabceb646>)
- [The Threatened Swan](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/asselyn-jan-r7176d6aeea8654/the-threatened-swan-rb6740bb430e2e4>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)