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A Woman Milking a Goat outside a Barn  1666

by Adriaen van de Velde

This happy homestead scene by Adriaen van de Velde (1636-72) seems to derive its imagery as well as its saturated colour and sharp clarity from Paulus Potter. This freshness conveys the clarity of light in the north when clear sunshine follows a shower, and can be contrasted with the bleached colours, more searing glare and dustier atmosphere of the Roman Campagna, seen...

Size: 
33.6 x 27.2 cm
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of Royal Collection Trust, London