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Breton Landscape
Jan Verkade (Dutch, 1868–1946)
1891–92
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 65.4 x 54.3 cm (25 3/4 x 21 3/8 in.)
- Culture
- Netherlands
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
Brittany, in northwestern France, was an important place to Verkade both artistically and spiritually. The artist was captivated by the terrain that differed so greatly from that of Amsterdam, inspiring a series of Breton landscapes. Verkade also converted to Catholicism during his travels to Brittany, shifting the trajectory of his art away from landscapes and toward a revival of religious painting and sacred art.
