Who painted “Landscape with Obelisk”?

“Landscape with Obelisk” was painted by Govert Flinck in 1638. Where to see it: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

What to look for

Dutch Golden Age: Flemish and Italian Baroque is grand, religious and full of movement; Dutch painting is smaller, calmer and about everyday life, with cool daylight and precise detail.

Govert (or Govaert) Teuniszoon Flinck (25 January 1615 – 2 February 1660) was a Dutch painter of the Dutch Golden Age. Wikipedia

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“Isaac Blessing Jacob”, 1638
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“A Young Archer”, 1639
“The Company of Captain Albert Bas and Lieutenant Lucas Conijn”, 1645
“Solomon prays for wisdom (1 Kings 3)”, 1658
“Lamentation”, 1637
“Marcus Curius Dentatus refuses the gifts of the Samnites”, 1656
“Portrait of a Man in Profile”, 1637