Ontwerp voor behangselschildering met heuvelachtig landschap c. 1752 - 1819

Jurriaan Andriessen designed this sketch for a wallpaper painting with pencil and gray ink around the late 18th or early 19th century in the Netherlands. The artwork depicts a hilly landscape with two figures near a body of water. During this period, wallpaper designs often reflected the prevailing taste for pastoral scenes, offering an escape from urban life. The grid lines suggest a carefully planned composition, a common practice in decorative arts to ensure accurate scaling during production. This would also be crucial in the context of the Dutch Golden Age, a period marked by economic prosperity and extensive trade networks which enabled the production and distribution of luxury goods. The Rijksmuseum's collection, where this design is housed, plays a role in preserving and interpreting such artifacts. Examining archival documents, such as artist's letters, and workshop inventories could reveal more about the social and economic conditions that shaped Andriessen's work. Art's meaning is always contingent on its social and institutional context.