Historical Allegory

mythological

The meaning of the allegory is not clear, it probably depicts a historical peace treaty. One of the main characteristics of the artist is the sketchy, pale figures in the background.

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About the Artist

Jan Symonsz. Pynas

1581 – 1631

Dutch painter who, with his brother Jacob (1585-1656), was in in Rome (c. 1605) and they returned to Holland with a new kind of history painting, much influenced by Italian ideas and also by Elsheimer. The principal importance of the brothers is that they passed these ideas on to Rembrandt, who may have been Jacob's pupil for a few months.

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