CORNELIS VAN POELENBURGH (UTRECHT 1594/5-UTRECHT 1667)
Nymphs and Satyrs in a Hilly Landscape
Signed and dated 1624 or 1627RCIN 405629
In a fusion of classical, Renaissance and contemporary sources, the artist presents idealised nudes and satyrs frolicking and playing music in a sun-baked Roman landscape.
First recorded in the Royal Collection, c.1700
No. 29