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Roman Landscape
(Abraham Teerlink)

Description

Probably set in one of the private parks that surrounded the villas of the great Roman families, this large-scale landscape is dominated by a stone bridge, with steps on which an old man is descending to collect water from the stream below. Two spindly trees grow from the sides of the bridge and on the other side of the stream we glimpse a sunlit clearing in the dense woodland that conceals a more distant view. Although evidently not painted en plein air, this painting resembles some of the small sketches done by his French contemporaries. Teerlink has abandoned the stylized compositions of his earlier years for a scene seemingly taken straight from nature.

Measurements
40 x 55 inches (101 x 141 cm.)
Type
Oil on canvas
Exhibited

Matthiesen Gallery & Stair Sainty Matthiesen, ‘The Gallic Prospect’, 1999

Where is It?
Acquired by the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Historical Period
Neoclassicism - 1780-1820
Subject
Landscape
School
Netherlandish - Dutch
Catalogue
1999-An Eye on Nature II: The Gallic Prospect. French Landscape Painting 1785-1900.
Hard back catalogue of the Exhibition held in New York. 195 pages fully illustrated with 37 full colour plates and 65 black and white illustrations (many full page). Forward by Patrick Matthiesen and Guy Stair Sainty. Introduction by Guy Stair Sainty. £35 or $50 inc. p.&p.

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Price band
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