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Mountain Canyon with Staffage

Josef Faistenberger

1712

oil

canvas

From the collection of Gemäldegalerie Berlin

Barbizon school 18th Century

Dominant colour

Mountain Canyon with Staffage is a 1712 oil by Josef Faistenberger, a Barbizon school work, held at Gemäldegalerie Berlin.

Who painted this?: Josef Faistenberger
When & what style?: 1712 · Barbizon school
Where can I see it?: Gemäldegalerie Berlin

About this work

This painting shows a canyon with a stream running through it. There are trees and rocks on either side of the stream. The sky is cloudy and grey. In the background, you can see mountains rising up. The trees are brown and green, and the rocks are grey and brown. The stream is light blue and white. The painting is done in oil paint and uses chiaroscuro, a technique that uses strong contrasts between light and dark to create a sense of volume in modeling three-dimensional objects and figures.