Halt of Travellers Size:large She was one of the

She was one of the three rather plain daughters of Horatio

de Paula Marti of 1794

Probably painted in the late 1650s or early 1660s

Pluto carries Proserpine to the underworld

This is a sketch for an altarpiece by Conca

Halt of Travellers Size:large She was one of theAn early work comparable with the Landscape with a Rider resting in the Museum der Bildenden Knste, Leipzig, of 1646. F. Duparc suggests a date of c. 1647 49, which seems likely given the signature style of 'PHILS. W' (PHILS in monogram), which came into use in 1646. The use of a diagonal skyline and the coarse figures is typical of Wouwerman's output during a period when he was heavily under the influence of Pieter van Laer.