From the collection of Brukenthal National Museum
Peisaj de munte cu castel is a work by Willem van Bemmel, a Baroque work, held at Brukenthal National Museum.
This painting shows a dark forest with a tall, rocky cliff on the right. Sunlight breaks through the trees, lighting up a small building halfway up the cliff. The sky above is bright blue with soft clouds, and the trees have green leaves mixed with some brown. The artist used deep shadows to make the forest feel mysterious. The light on the cliff and building looks almost glowing compared to the dark trees. Look up *chiaroscuro* to see how this play of light and shadow works.
Willem van Bemmel, or Guillaume, or Wilhelm von Bemmel (10 June 1630 – 20 December 1708), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter who moved to Germany.
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