German Landscape with View towards a Broad Valley
The Met
Artist: Fritz Petzholdt(Danish, Copenhagen 1805–1838 Patras)
Date: ca. 1829–30
Department: European Paintings
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
Dimensions: Original paper support: 5 3/16 x 9 11/16 in. (13.2 x 24.6 cm) Paper support mounted on stretched canvas: 5 13/16 x 10 1/4 in. (14.8 x 26 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Wheelock Whitney III, in honor of Eugene V. Thaw, 2009
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
A panoramic landscape with a rocky, forested hillside, distant mountains, and a cloudy sky
Detailed Description
A wide, horizontal landscape view depicts a large, rocky hillside in the foreground and midground, under a cloudy sky. The bottom left features a flat, green grassy area. Immediately above and extending across the lower half of the view, a steep, brown and ochre-colored rocky slope rises, extensively covered with dark green and olive-colored trees and dense bushes. Several large, exposed rock faces are visible within this slope, particularly on the left and center, showing textured surfaces. Beyond this immediate hillside, the landscape recedes into a series of rolling hills, also heavily forested with dark green trees, which gradually lighten in color and become more indistinct towards the horizon. In the far background, a range of soft, blue-grey mountains stretches across the width of the view, appearing hazy and distant. The sky above is filled with light grey and white clouds. To the far right, in the distant valley, a small white building with a pointed spire is visible.
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