Coastal Landscape with Temple of Vesta
Object type | Painting |
Genre | Landscape |
Diameter | 20 cm |
Support | Panel |
Medium | Oil |
Our attribution | Jan Brueghel the Elder |
Other authorities | Ertz 2008-10, #114 Ertz 1979, #17 |
Location | Kassel, Germany |
Collection | Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister |
Accession numbers | inv. #GK 48 |
Tags | Temple, Coast, Mountain, Fishermen, Boat |
I suspect that this must date a bit later than Ertz puts it, perhaps late 1590s. The shape and support would be incredibly aberrant for a Roman work, and most of the Roman works stayed for quite some time in Italy.
Related drawings in Albertina, inv. #8424 (doubted, I think, by Winner?) and Groningen, Museum voor Stadenlande, Inv. #1951-600.