Classical Landscape with Greek Maidens venerating a Statue of Pan amongst Tombs
Johannes Glauber (Utrecht 1646 - Schoonhoven 1726)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1666 - 1726
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
597 x 749 mm (23 1/2 x 29 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Netherlands
Order this imageCollection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1401156
Caption
Glauber was a Netherlandish artist who produced classicising landscapes, having spent four years in Italy. It is probable that Windham acquired this picture and its pendant there, rather than in the artist’s native Dutch Republic. Glauber also had a younger brother, Jan Gottlieb Glauber, who accompanied him to Italy, but subsequently worked in Austria and Silesia (the family was of Germanic origin). The works of the two have never been properly distinguished from one another, and the form of signature on this picture, and its pair, could suggest a collaboration between them.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Classical Landscape with Greek Maidens venerating a Statue of Pan amongst Tombs by Johannes Glauber (Utrecht 1646 – Schoonhoven 1726), signed, lower left: Glauber. Classic vale near a stream, well furnished with signs of antiquity, altar, font, tomb etc. ladies are wreathing a herm. Companion to NT 1401155. Glauber was a Netherlandish artist who produced classicising landscapes after spending four years in Italy.
Provenance
Purchased by William Windham II (1717 - 1761) by 1752, shown in design for West Wall of Cabinet Room; thence by descent to Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906 - 1969), by whom bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969
Credit line
Felbrigg Hall, The Windham Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Johannes Glauber (Utrecht 1646 - Schoonhoven 1726), artist