Landscape with an Episode from the Conquest of America
Habsburg emperor Charles V reigned over a realm on which ‘the sun never set’. It encompassed much of Europe, including Spain and the Low Countries, parts of Central America and the Caribbean. This is the first painting to depict Spanish soldiers subduing the people who lived there. Mostaert added some unusual elements to give his traditional European landscape an exotic ambience: a monkey, a porcupine and parrots.
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Landscape with an Episode from the Conquest of America
Habsburg emperor Charles V reigned over a realm on which ‘the sun never set’. It encompassed much of Europe, including Spain and the Low Countries, parts of Central America and the Caribbean. This is the first painting to depict Spanish soldiers subduing the people who lived there. Mostaert added some unusual elements to give his traditional European landscape an exotic ambience: a monkey, a porcupine and parrots.
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Aankoop met steun van de BankG ...... tenis aan Jacques Goudstikker)
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Purchased with the support of ...... memory of Jacques Goudstikker)
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Habsburg emperor Charles V rei ...... nkey, a porcupine and parrots.
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In het Habsburgse rijk van kei ...... oomstekelvarken en papegaaien.
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Rijksmuseum
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Landscape with an Episode from the Conquest of America
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Landschap met een episode uit de verovering van Amerika
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c. 1535
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ca. 1535
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breedte 152,5 cm
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height 86.5 cm
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hoogte 86,5 cm
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width 152.5 cm
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Collectie: schilderijen
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Collection: paintings
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