# A Classical Landscape

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VELDE, Adriaen van de](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-adriaen-van-de-rffe4b80adeaa43>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 32 x 43 cm

## Commentary

The painting shows a Italianate landscape with a herding girl seated by a stream with cattle, sheep and goats behind her. Van de Velde probably never went to Italy, and it is only the distant round temple and the garb of the maid that are here overtly Italianate; the cool tones and lush vegetation do not speak of a Mediterranean climate. The painting is signed and dated centre right: A.v.velde; /1671.

## Related artworks

- [A Cow and Three Sheep](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-adriaen-van-de-rffe4b80adeaa43/a-cow-and-three-sheep-r17e605830b216e>)
- [Agony in the Garden](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-adriaen-van-de-rffe4b80adeaa43/agony-in-the-garden-r6d07f52af8a247>)
- [Amusement on the Ice](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-adriaen-van-de-rffe4b80adeaa43/amusement-on-the-ice-r8c19bc5c333f83>)
- [Animals by the River](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-adriaen-van-de-rffe4b80adeaa43/animals-by-the-river-r35b325ffe84729>)
- [Bull](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-adriaen-van-de-rffe4b80adeaa43/bull-rb1d0aa102ae4c9>)
- [Cattle and Goats in a Meadow](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-adriaen-van-de-rffe4b80adeaa43/cattle-and-goats-in-a-meadow-r09f863d8d402a2>)
- [Cows on a Meadow](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-adriaen-van-de-rffe4b80adeaa43/cows-on-a-meadow-r1c627a917dbf54>)
- [Frozen Canal with Skaters and Hockey Players](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-adriaen-van-de-rffe4b80adeaa43/frozen-canal-with-skaters-and-hockey-players-r9f868de4747aec>)
- [Italianate Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-adriaen-van-de-rffe4b80adeaa43/italianate-landscape-r53e075360a6e3f>)
- [Milking a Cow](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-adriaen-van-de-rffe4b80adeaa43/milking-a-cow-r50c5c42c0a553f>)
- [Pastoral Landscape with Sheep and Peasants](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-adriaen-van-de-rffe4b80adeaa43/pastoral-landscape-with-sheep-and-peasants-r38fa521b570c8a>)
- [Reclining Herdsman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velde-adriaen-van-de-rffe4b80adeaa43/reclining-herdsman-r302a44c30651d8>)

## Attribution

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