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Painted fantasy landscape with a carved stone monument topped by a reclining statue, a cardinal in red and crowds of figures in the foreground.

Fantasy Landscape with Saint Charles Borromeo

A painted fantasy landscape with a large carved stone monument at left centre, its relief showing reclining and standing figures, topped by a reclining statue flanked by urns. In the foreground a red-robed cardinal and a white-robed attendant walk among beggars, figures in poor health, and a dog beneath a dramatic sky.

Artist
Henry Ferguson
Date
1700-1720
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 2614 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1720.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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