While the light feels hazy and seems to blur the distant trees in the background
he undertook an apprenticeship in the local Royal Navy dockyard with a ship’s painter
An easy-going impressionistic landscape painting by French painter
an Australian art collector who made a fortune in mining
we see a milkmaid carrying a pail while chatting to a stable boy
Jacob Van Der Does II, Wooded River Landscape With Hunting Party & Village playful While the light feels hazyThis extensive late 17th century oil painting by Dutch artist Jacob van der Does II (1661 1699) depicts a river landscape with a hunting party, riverside buildings, various craft, a fort, and distant hills. Dating to around 1680, this splendid survivor from the Dutch Golden Age is a feast for eyes. On the left, hunters rest with hounds by a rutted track, cutting through a dense wood. Others ride beyond. While on the right, a winding river snakes