.jpg?w=1)
Lot Essay
Dirck van der Lisse studied under Cornelis van Poelenburch in Utrecht in the mid-1620s before moving to The Hague in 1635, the year in which he received an important commission to contribute to a cycle depicting scenes from Guarini's Pastor Fido for the stadholder Frederik Hendrik. Following a brief return to Utrecht and a trip to Amsterdam, he settled permanently in The Hague in 1644, where he became a founding member of the city's Confrerie Pictura and, from 1660 until his death, served as its burgomaster.
Regarded as the most talented of Poelenburch's pupils, van der Lisse took particular inspiration from his master's early paintings. This work is a characteristic example of the artist's unique approach to his mythological subjects, one where unmixed yellows and oranges prevail and imbue the figures and landscape with a warm tonality.
Regarded as the most talented of Poelenburch's pupils, van der Lisse took particular inspiration from his master's early paintings. This work is a characteristic example of the artist's unique approach to his mythological subjects, one where unmixed yellows and oranges prevail and imbue the figures and landscape with a warm tonality.