# Summer Landscape [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [OS, Jan van]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on panel, 27 x 35 cm ## Commentary Although principally known for his decorative flower still-lifes, Jan van Os started his painting career with river landscapes such as the present painting which depicts a summer landscape with a mill near water, moored sailing boats and a rowing boat along the shore, and a peasant couple in the foreground. It is signed lower centre: J:Van Os fecit. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 23 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/18\_cent/haydn\_summer.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Joseph Haydn: The Seasons, Part 2 Summer, excerpts</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [A Ferry Boat]() - [River Landscape]() - [Shipping in a Storm off the Coast]() - [Still-Life]() - [Still-Life]() - [Still-Life with Flowers and Fruit]() - [Winter Landscape]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()