1654
oil
panel
From the collection of Ashmolean Museum
Mountainous Landscape is a 1654 oil by Salvator Rosa, a Barbizon school work, held at Ashmolean Museum.
This painting is a landscape dominated by mountains. The mountains are rugged and rocky, with some trees and bushes scattered around them. In the foreground, there's a group of people gathered around a fire, with some of them looking up at the mountains. The painting has a dark and moody tone, with shades of brown and gray dominating the palette. The brushstrokes are rough and expressive, giving the painting a sense of energy and movement. The painting's use of chiaroscuro creates a sense of depth and drama, drawing the viewer's eye into the mountains. If you're interested in learning more about this technique, you can explore the works of artists who have mastered it, such as Salvator Rosa.
Salvator Rosa (1615 – 15 March 1673) is best known today as an Italian Baroque painter, whose romanticised landscapes and history paintings, often set in dark and untamed nature, exerted considerable influence from the 17th century into the early 19th century.
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