Jan Blom, um 1622 – 1685 PARK FOUNTAIN WITH RECLINING MAN Oil on canvas. Old doubling. 41 x 69 cm. In wide profile frame. Enclosed is a copy of an expertise by Ferdinando Arisi. Park landscape bathed in evening sunlight with a park fountain flanked by sculptures, the water of which flows transparently into the lined basin from a masqueron. A man dressed in red is lying next to it. A staircase leads to another level, the background bordered by an embankment and trees. Blom is known for similar park landscapes, and such a scene, dated 1652, is registered in the RKD in The Hague under number 235680. (1400705) (3) (13)

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