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Begeyn, Abraham
Goats in an Italian Landscape
Around 1665

Sunny Italianate landscapes found favour with Dutch consumers as a pleasant antidote to urban life. Abraham Begeyn worked in Leiden and Amsterdam but traveled widely, ending his career at the Brandenburg court in Berlin. This painting was probably completed after a sojourn in Rome and Naples. Evening light catches the leaves of a large thistle at left, but a lively goat claims centre stage. A shepherd couple shelter in a hollow nearby.

 
Begeyn, Abraham
Leiden, Netherlands 1637/38–Berlin, Germany 1697
Goats in an Italian Landscape
Around 1665
Oil on canvas
45.0 x 55.3 cm
Gift of Alfred and Isabel Bader, 1986
29-125

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