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The Art Gallery of Josephus Augustinus Brentano
Also titled De kunstgalerij van Josephus Augustinus Brentano
Adriaan de Lelie (Tilburg, 1755–1820)
c. 1790 - c. 1799
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 64.3 cm x width 84.3 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
About this work
The art collector Brentano had the picture gallery in his Amsterdam canal house decorated in a classical style. The bright colours, fanciful ornaments, and light-coloured figural friezes were inspired by the then recent excavations at Herculaneum and Pompeii in Italy. A company of men, women, and children has gathered to admire Brentano’s new acquisitions. Near the easel at the right is a group of artist friends, while in the middle Brentano himself shows two other guests an Italian painting.
