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Jan Asselijn

32 works

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Painting of a storm surge breaking over a rocky dyke, with boats on the calm sea and figures watching from the cliffs.

Breach of a Dyke by Storm Surge on March 5 1651

1651

Painting of a cavalry battle with smoke-filled sky, fallen horse and rider in foreground, and a large tree at left.

King Gustav Adolf II of Sweden in the Battle near Lützen

1635

Painting of a thatched hut with men and a dog on a dike, a blue flag, flat marshland and a distant city under clouds.

The restoration of the Diemerdijk or Muiderdijk near Amsterdam in 1651

1651

Night painting of Vesuvius erupting with glowing lava, smoke over a landscape, and small figures and a town below.

Vesuvs udbrud ved aftenstid

Battle scene with mounted soldiers, rearing horses, smoke and a large tree at left under a cloudy sky.

Gustav II Adolf af Sverige i slaget ved Lützen 16. november 1632

1634

Painting of a rocky mountain valley with a shepherd group, cattle and sheep beside a cliff and a stream under clouds.

Felsiges Gebirgstal mit Bach und Hirtengruppe

1645

Travelers with mules beside tall Roman stone arches, with a bridge over a river and mountains in the distance.

Ezeldrijvers bij een Italiaanse ruïne

1650

Painting of a cavalry skirmish at sunset with a rider on a white horse, fallen soldiers, a musketeer, and a distant fortress.

Cavalry Attack at Sunset

1646

Painting of a white swan with spread wings and open beak defending its nest on a riverbank, with a small dog nearby.

De bedreigde zwaan

1650

Painting of a ruined round tower on a stone quay with figures, a small boat, and a blue sky with clouds.

A Coastal Ruin in Italy

1640

Drovers rest with cattle and sheep beneath a large stone arch at sunset, with ruins and a distant building on the right.

Drovers with Cattle under an Arch of the Colosseum in Rome

1640

Painting of a stormy sea breaking over rocks, with a figure in a red cloak on a cliff and small boats under dark clouds.

De doorbraak van de Sint-Anthonisdijk bij Amsterdam

1651

Painting of cattle herders crossing a river at sunset beneath an arched stone bridge and ruined towers.

The Tiber River with the Ponte Molle at Sunset

c. 1650

Painting of a white swan with spread wings defending its nest on a riverbank as a fox approaches from the left.

The Threatened Swan

1650

Painting of a cavalry charge at sunset, with a rider on a white horse among fallen soldiers under a smoky sky.

'Cavalry Charge at Sunset

1646

Dusk landscape with a ruined round tower, peasants and cattle by a river, and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Peasants and Cattle beside a Tower

1646

Herders and cattle rest beneath huge stone arches of a Roman ruin, with a sunset sky and distant buildings beyond.

Herders met vee rustend onder de gewelven van het Colosseum te Rome

1640

Painting of muleteers and mules beside crumbling Roman arches, with a stone bridge and mountains in the distance.

Muleteers beside an Italian Ruin

1650

Painting of a stormy sky over rushing water breaching a dike, with a figure in a red cloak on a cliff at left.

The Breach of the Saint Anthony’s Dike near Amsterdam

1651

Winter painting of travelers with pack animals crossing a frozen moat beside brick city walls under a moonlit sky.

Frozen Moat Outside City Walls

1647

Cattle and herdsmen wade through a river beside an arched stone bridge and ruined tower at sunset.

The Tiber River with the Ponte Molle at Sunset

1650

Painting of a rocky cave arch framing a distant river valley, with a waterfall, a stork, and a small traveler.

Landscape with views through the cave

1635

Painting of crumbling Roman ruins by water, a figure in red with cattle, and hazy mountains under a cloudy sky.

Italian Landscape

1640

Painting of a lion hunt with a fallen horse and rider, mounted hunters under a tree, and a second lion in a rocky landscape.

Chasse au lion

1640

Painting of a woman on a donkey under ruined arches, with cattle, goats, a seated man and a dog by a stream.

Italianate landscape with travellers by a stream with cattle

1652