Scene in a Courtyard
The Met
Artist: Ludolf de Jongh(Dutch, Overschie 1616–1679 Hillegersberg)
Date: early 1660s
Department: European Paintings
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 32 3/8 in. (67.3 x 82.2 cm)
Credit Line: Bequest of William K. Vanderbilt, 1920
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
Women, a child, and a dog in a sunlit brick courtyard
Detailed Description
A sunlit brick courtyard is enclosed by buildings under a blue sky with white clouds. In the foreground, a woman with dark hair and a white flower stands on the left, wearing a dark bodice, white apron, and a long red skirt. She looks down at a small child in a white dress and dark cap, who stands beside her. The child looks towards a lean, light brown dog with dark stripes, which stands on all fours facing the child. To the right, another woman in a red bodice and dark skirt kneels near a large dark pot and a white dish on the diamond-patterned tiled ground. She is positioned near an open doorway, through which a dimly lit interior and another figure are visible. On the far left, a man in a dark hat looks out from an open window with red shutters. A tall, light brown wall encloses the courtyard, with trees and a distant building with a pointed roof visible behind it. A tall, dark chimney rises in the background. A climbing vine grows up the brick wall of the building on the right, near a large window.
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