Italian Landscape with Girl Milking a Goat, Karel du Jardin, 1652
oil on panel, h 37cm × w 50cm More details
Sunshine, warm air, country life – 17th-century painting collectors also had such associations with Italy, and Dujardin was a master at conjuring up atmospheric idylls. At the left, the blue sky is tinged yellow by the rising sun, which will soon burn away the mist from the valley.
