# Herman van Swanevelt

Dutch, c. 1600–1655

Van Swanevelt, from Woerden in Holland, spent the late 1620s and 1630s in Rome, where he worked in the circle of Claude Lorrain and became one of the Dutch painters who carried the golden light of the Roman Campagna into northern landscape. He settled in Paris in the 1640s, painted decorations there and became a member of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. His many landscape etchings spread his Italianate style widely.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

4 works in the collection.

- [Landscape with Travelers](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/landscape-with-travelers-cma-97189), Herman van Swanevelt, 1630s. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [The Boulder Crowned with Trees](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-boulder-crowned-with-trees-nga-53886), Herman van Swanevelt. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Three Men Carrying Staffs](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/three-men-carrying-staffs-nga-53888), Herman van Swanevelt. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Two Men Seated Near the Waterside](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/two-men-seated-near-the-waterside-nga-53889), Herman van Swanevelt. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.