Poelenburgh was born in Utrecht and was probably taught there by Abraham Bloemaert. By 1617 he was in Rome; in 1627 he was in Holland. He later returned to Utrecht, where he died. He painted Italian landscapes and figure subjects.
Cornelis van Poelenburgh
1594/5 - 1667
Works by Cornelis van Poelenburgh
This appears to depict a moment of bliss: an idyllic landscape, painted in an Italianate style by Jan Both, is suffused with the warm glow of a summer’s evening. In the foreground a group of elegantly poised nudes, added by Both’s collaborator Cornelis van Poelenburgh, catches the sunlight.But th...
For those living in Utrecht in the 1630s, this painting must have seemed like a window onto an exotic world. A crowd of naked women pose elegantly while they talk and bathe in a river. Behind them loom the overgrown tower and arches of a Roman ruin, while the bright morning sky glows behind the f...