Keywords
The Dutch Landscape, attribution, Abraham Begeyn, Italianized painting, Dutch painting of the 17th century, Museum-Reserve Dmitrov Kremlin,
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Akimov S. S. “The Dutch Landscape” in funds of the Museum-Reserve Dmitrov Kremlin — unknown work by Abraham Begeyn // The Art of Eurasia, 2024. № 2 (33). P. 222–231. URL: https://doi.org/10.46748/ARTEURAS.2024.02.015.
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Abstract
The article supports the attribution of the painting “Dutch Landscape” held in the Museum-Reserve Dmitrov Kremlin (Dmitrov, Moscow region). The picture is considered to be the work of unknown artist of the 18th or 19th century. It is presented in the permanent exhibition and published in an album about the museum collections (2004). However, it has yet to garner the interest of specialists in West-European art. In fact, its author is the Dutch master of Italianized line Abraham Begeyn (1637–1697). This is evidenced by the specificity of plot and types of characters, the composition scheme and interpretation of space, the specific motifs of the landscape. The whole structure of the image reveals the characteristic features of Begeyn's manner. This painter is represented in Russian museums by comparatively few works and the discovery of his previously unknown picture is important for investigation in the field of Italianized movement in the 17th century Dutch art.
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