1867
unspecified
From the collection of Bucharest Municipality Museum
Dominant colour
Amfitrita (copie) is a 1867 unspecified by Gheorghe Tattarescu, held at Bucharest Municipality Museum.
This painting shows a woman in a white dress floating above a stormy sea. She holds a baby while a man in a red cape clings to her, and two horses struggle below. The sky is dark, but a glowing circle surrounds the woman, making her stand out. The artist used strong shadows to create depth, especially on the horses and the man’s face. This trick makes parts of the scene look almost three-dimensional. Try looking up chiaroscuro to see how this technique works in other famous paintings.
Gheorghe Tattarescu (Romanian pronunciation: ; October 1818 – October 24, 1894) was a Romanian painter and a pioneer of neoclassicism in his country's modern painting.
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