Plaque with an Italinate landscape
Frederick van Frijtom
ca. 1660–92 · Tin-glazed earthenware · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Trained as a painter, Van Frytom is foremost known today for his exquisite blue monochrome depictions of landscapes on faience plaques which were meant to be framed and hung on the wall. On this plaque, the mountinous landscape with travelers on a bridge is an imaginary or Italianate landscape. Not know to have ever left the country, Van Frytom may have derived inspiration for this scene from work by artists who traveled to Italy, such s the popular compositions by Nicolaes Berchem (1620–1683). Other compositions show typically Dutch scenes, such as the view of the river with village (50.211.40).
- Artist
- Frederick van Frijtom
- Date
- ca. 1660–92
- Medium
- Tin-glazed earthenware
- Culture
- Dutch, Delft
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1950
