Groenewegen, Pieter Anthonisz., Delft 1600 - The Hague 1658, Wide landscape with ancient ruins and goatherds. Oil/wood, signed lower left, Groenewegen is documented as a master in Delft in 1626 and travelled to Italy shortly afterwards. His early Italianate paintings of fantastic buildings and ruins are thematically reminiscent of Bartholomeus Breenbergh, but differ from him in the greenish coloration typical of Groenewegen. The Roman Campagna landscapes are usually not topographically precise and the staffage of animals and shepherds plays a subordinate role to the architecture. The imaginative manner and unrealistic colouring show parallels to the Dutch landscape painters of the early period. 86 x 101 cm

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