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| Keywords: Martin Rykaert - Mining Operations along a River - Walters 371730.jpg Mining was an important industry in the Southern Netherlands Germany and Austria As many powerful figures with significant interests in mining were also great patrons of art as Archduke Ferdinand of Austria the theme became quite popular for landscape painting The precipitous descent into the valley combined with foreground detail- gypsies selling farm tools- exemplifies the startling contrasts found in later 16th-century landscapes by Lucas van Valkenborch However the painting technique is that of Martin Rykaert a 17th-century painter who derived many subjects from his predecessors between 1620 1629 Baroque oil on panel cm 31 8 49 5 accession number 37 1730 1490 Laffan no 27 as by Jan Brueghel the Elder American Art Galleries Sale American Art Association New York January 20 1911 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1911 World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 place of origin Antwerp Belgium Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Marten Rijckaert 16th-century way of life in painting Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review 1620s paintings in the United States 1620s landscape paintings Mining in art | ||||
