Landscape with an Episode from the Conquest of America — Jan Jansz Mostaert

Jan Jansz Mostaert. Painted c. 1535.

Habsburg emperor Charles V reigned over a realm on which ‘the sun never set’. It encompassed much of Europe, including Spain and the Low Countries, parts of Central America and the Caribbean. This is the first painting to depict Spanish soldiers subduing the people who lived there. Mostaert added some elements to give his traditional European landscape an exotic ambience: a monkey, a porcupine and parrots.

From the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Currently on display in Emperor, nobility, bourgeoisie, Middle Ages and Renaissance, Main building.

panel, oil paint (paint) · Original size: 152.5 × 86.5 cm · Purchased with the support of the BankGiro Lottery, the Vereniging Rembrandt and the Stichting Nationaal Fonds Kunstbezit, the Mondriaan Fonds and the Nationaal Aankoopfonds van het Ministerie van OCenW, VSBfonds, Fonds 21 and the Goudstikker Family (in memory of Jacques Goudstikker)

Print: 119 × 67.5 cm, printed on Hahnemühle FineArt archival cotton paper. Museum-grade reproduction quality, true to the colours and detail of the original work.

Frame (optional): a custom-made wooden frame in a matte black finish, cut to the exact dimensions of this print, with an off-white passe-partout mat and protective glazing. Ready to hang.

Source: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200552425. Image released under CC0 by the Rijksmuseum.