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Source Description
The cycle of the seasons fascinated 17th-century Europeans, but the shifts in the tilt of the earth that causes them were not understood. Winter was especially hard then; Europe was in the middle of a little ice age and it was much colder than today. The Southern Netherlands was also in the midst of a war, and ill-paid soldiers terrorized the peasants.Here, the Antwerp landscapist Joos de Momper uses subdued color and tonal unity to suggest the bleakness of a late winter afternoon, complemented by an intricate, stark pattern of barren branches against the sky. Landscape was a popular subject in antwerp in these years. De Momper's works are characterized by this moody, tonal quality rather than by attention to lush vegetation.
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Document identity
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22565
label
Winter Landscape
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obj
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drawing
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1
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22565
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contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Winter Landscape
description
The cycle of the seasons fascinated 17th-century Europeans, but the shifts in the tilt of the earth that causes them were not understood. Winter was especially hard then; Europe was in the middle of a little ice age and it was much colder than today. The Southern Netherlands was also in the midst of a war, and ill-paid soldiers terrorized the peasants.Here, the Antwerp landscapist Joos de Momper uses subdued color and tonal unity to suggest the bleakness of a late winter afternoon, complemented by an intricate, stark pattern of barren branches against the sky. Landscape was a popular subject in antwerp in these years. De Momper's works are characterized by this moody, tonal quality rather than by attention to lush vegetation.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1620-1629 (Baroque)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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Painting & Drawing
paintings
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
44.7
height
66
dimensionsRaw
H: 17 5/8 x W: 26 in. (44.7 x 66 cm)
Source extras
med
oil on panel
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6645
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BAR
exhibition_ids
2517
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1
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0
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photo
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8902b51efc202803