1700
oil
canvas
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
Dominant colour
Arcadian Landscape with Figures is a 1700 oil by Alessandro Magnasco, a Barbizon school work, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
This painting shows people in a landscape with trees and hills. It's interesting because the people are small compared to the landscape. The artist used a lot of brown and green to create a calm mood, which was typical of Italian landscape paintings at that time. You can learn more about this style by looking into the technique of chiaroscuro.
Alessandro Magnasco (February 4, 1667 – March 12, 1749), also known as il Lissandrino, was an Italian late-Baroque painter active mostly in Milan and Genoa.
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