Valley with Travellers
by ROGHMAN, Roelandt, Oil on canvas
It is said that this Dutch painter in Amsterdam was the friend of Rembrandt. His rocky mountainous landscapes show affinities with Rembrandt as well as traces of the work of his mother’s uncle, the Mannerist Roelandt Savery. In 1646-47, when Roghman was nineteen- or twenty-years-old he drew a set of more than 240 large views of Dutch castles, presumably to fulfill a commission. This remarkable set of careful topographical drawings, now widely scattered, has nothing in common with Rembrandt’s style. Later, in the 1660s, he was influenced by the topographical scenes produced by Allaert van Everdingen during his trips to Scandinavia.