Curatorial Narrative In the midst of the Dutch Golden Age, Anthonie Jansz. van der Croos’s “Plain with River” (1654) stands as a testament to the era’s fascination with landscape painting. Van der Croos’s impasto brushwork imbues the canvas with a tactile quality, conjuring the textured topography of the plain and its winding river. The artist’s deliberate palette – beige, brown, gray, blue, and white – serves to underscore the atmospheric weight of the scene, evoking a sense of stillness and contemplation. This visual restraint, characteristic of Dutch Golden Age landscape painting, invites the viewer to inhabit the serene expanse of the plain.When enlarged to 51×44, “Plain with River” assumes a profound spatial presence, its chromatic structure and compositional balance influencing the luxury interior environment in which it is placed. The palette’s muted tones – beige, brown, gray, blue, and white – harmonize with materials such