Rijksmuseum
The Garden of Serenity
1922
This painting depicts the visit of a friend to a scholar in the garden of his home, where he escapes from society to live as a reclusive hermit. The artist did not aim to render a realistic landscape, but rather make an idealized portrait of the life of a hermit.
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