Landschap met lezende monnik

c. 1640 · Print

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Where is “Landschap met lezende monnik” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

Museum text in Dutch

Onder een rots en een oude boom zit een klein weergegeven monnik of kluizenaar met een boek in zijn hand.

Rijksmuseum

1638
Move to Rome under the Protection of Cardinal Brancaccio
He settled in Rome under the patronage of the influential Cardinal Francesco Maria Brancaccio, a lover of the arts and theater who was close to the Barberini family.
1640
Meeting Lucrezia Paolini
In Florence he met Lucrezia Paolini, who had been abandoned by her husband; she became his lifelong companion and was probably the model for the allegory of Music (c. 1641).
1640–1649
Florentine Period at the Medici Court
After scandalous quarrels with Bernini and his failure to gain admission to the Accademia di San Luca, he moved to Florence at the invitation of Giovanni Carlo de' Medici, where he remained until 1649.
1640s
Founding of the Accademia dei Percossi in Florence
In Florence he founded the Accademia dei Percossi — a combination of studio and salon of poets, playwrights, and painters, where satires and comedies were read at dinners.
1640s
The Satires "Music," "Poetry," "Painting," and "War"
While staying with the Maffei brothers in Volterra, he wrote four satires — Music, Poetry, Painting, and War; at the same time he painted the picture Philosophy (now in the National Gallery, London).
August 1641
Birth of His First Son, Rosalvo
Rosa and Lucrezia had their first son, Rosalvo, probably in Volterra; at least four more of the couple's children born between 1641 and 1657 were given up to foundling homes.