Artwork
A Landscape with a Waterfall and a Stone Bridge
A Landscape with a Waterfall and a Stone Bridge is an unspecified painting by the Baroque artist Unknown. It dates from 1741 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
About this work
Overview
A Landscape with a Waterfall and a Stone Bridge, created in 1741 by an artist associated with the 1619_person designation, is a landscape painting housed at the Museum of Ethnography.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a serene, yet dynamically lit, natural scene featuring a waterfall cascading over jagged rocks, a three-arched stone bridge, and a grand building in the distant, misty valley. Figures of people and sheep are subtly integrated into the landscape.
Technique & Style
The artist employed strong chiaroscuro, with light and shadow accentuating the dramatic textures of rocks and water, suggesting an overhead light source. The composition, with the bridge and distant building, creates a sense of depth, characteristic of Baroque landscape techniques.
History & Provenance
Created in 1741, the painting's provenance is currently traced to the Museum of Ethnography, with the artist's identity linked to the '1619_person' designation, indicating a possible connection to events, movements, or records from that year.
Context
The work reflects Baroque influences, evident in its dramatic lighting and depth-creating composition, suggesting the artist's engagement with prevailing European artistic trends of the time.
Artist & collection
Domestic Scene
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The Nymph of Fontainebleau
Portrait of a Woman
Madonna and Child with Saints in the Enclosed Garden
Venus and Minerva
Family Group of Four on Sofa
Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
