Landscape with Tournament and Hunters
Jan van Scorel
1519–1520
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Dimensions
- 57.8 × 138.5 cm (22 3/4 × 54 9/16 in.); Framed: 72.4 × 152.1 × 9.6 cm (28 1/2 × 59 7/8 × 3 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- painting
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
paintingpaint16th CenturyMountainoil on panelanimalsknightsSoldierspanel paintingmenoil paint (paint)painting (image making)painting techniquesfigureswomencloudslandscapesorganic materialoil paintingtreespanel (wood)european paintingcastleshunter
About
Dutch painter Jan van Scorel was one of the first Northern European artists to make an extended trip to Italy to study antiquities and the new Renaissance style. This landscape must have been made during his stay in southern Europe as a young artist; the panel is made from poplar, a wood commonly used in Italy. The two aristocratic pastimes depicted, jousting and hunting, were frequent themes of Northern European landscapes, particularly in prints, and Italian patrons were drawn to these extravagant visions of courtly pursuits.
