# Nymphs and Satyrs at the Entrance of a Grotto

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## Artwork

- Artist: [POELENBURGH, Cornelis van](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/poelenburgh-cornelis-van-r9dd2b12d981bf9>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on wood, diameter 27 cm

## Commentary

When van Poelenburgh returned to Utrecht from Italy in 1627, he elaborated an Italianate type of landscape which made him highly popular with northern painters and connoisseurs. His landscapes enlivened with bathing nymphs pursued by satyrs were particularly appreciated and imitated.

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- [Amaryllis Giving Myrtill the Price](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/poelenburgh-cornelis-van-r9dd2b12d981bf9/amaryllis-giving-myrtill-the-price-r85a565d1408627>)
- [Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/poelenburgh-cornelis-van-r9dd2b12d981bf9/annunciation-r1662bf9653a16b>)
- [Capriccio View of Rome with the Martyrdom of St Lawrence](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/poelenburgh-cornelis-van-r9dd2b12d981bf9/capriccio-view-of-rome-with-the-martyrdom-of-st-lawrence-r8d63638382d757>)
- [Children of Frederick V Prince Elector of Pfalz and King of Bohemia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/poelenburgh-cornelis-van-r9dd2b12d981bf9/children-of-frederick-v-prince-elector-of-pfalz-and-king-of-bohemia-r5ff05e32fee2ae>)
- [Figures beneath the Arches of a Classical Ruin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/poelenburgh-cornelis-van-r9dd2b12d981bf9/figures-beneath-the-arches-of-a-classical-ruin-raf9c56ea6a0a71>)
- [Figures Dancing near Ruin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/poelenburgh-cornelis-van-r9dd2b12d981bf9/figures-dancing-near-ruin-r94917ed82a7a2e>)
- [Italianate Landscape with Dancing Figures](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/poelenburgh-cornelis-van-r9dd2b12d981bf9/italianate-landscape-with-dancing-figures-r5135a59e3d7105>)
- [Landscape with Diana and Callisto](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/poelenburgh-cornelis-van-r9dd2b12d981bf9/landscape-with-diana-and-callisto-rc1c90d84118c88>)
- [Landscape with Nymphs near a Grotto](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/poelenburgh-cornelis-van-r9dd2b12d981bf9/landscape-with-nymphs-near-a-grotto-re85c134d0143e9>)
- [Landscape with Nymphs](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/poelenburgh-cornelis-van-r9dd2b12d981bf9/landscape-with-nymphs-r63761ab8cc50d0>)
- [Mercury and Herse](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/poelenburgh-cornelis-van-r9dd2b12d981bf9/mercury-and-herse-r7cd68a0f2059bc>)
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## Attribution

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