Cornelis van Poelenburch

Dutch · 1594–1667

Baroque

He was the leading representative of the first generation of Dutch landscape painters who were active in Rome in the early 17th century.

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The Prophet Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath — The living window: art moves here the way it moves in your living room.

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life: 1594–1667life
movement: Baroquemovement

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The Prophet Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath

Cornelis van Poelenburch · National Gallery of Art

Who Cornelis van Poelenburch was

Cornelis van Poelenburgh or Cornelis van Poelenburch, was a Dutch landscape painter and draughtsman. He was the leading representative of the first generation of Dutch landscape painters who were active in Rome in the early 17th century. He was known for small-scale paintings depicting Italianate landscapes with small figures enacting biblical or mythological scenes or in contemporary attire.

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