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blid

Unknown

1830

From the collection of Romanian Peasant Museum

Romanticism Early 19th Century Bird Zigzag

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blid is a 1830 by Unknown, a Romanticism work, depicting Bird, held at Romanian Peasant Museum.

Who painted this?: Unknown
When & what style?: 1830 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?: Romanian Peasant Museum

About this work

This is a round dish with a simple black-and-white drawing in the center. The picture shows a small building on a raised platform, with steps leading up to it. Nearby is a tiny tower and a bridge crossing a body of water. The edges of the dish have a repeating zigzag pattern in black and white. The date "1830" is written on the dish, which is unusual for something that looks hand-painted. This suggests it might be a photograph of an older object. Look up Romanticism to see how this style often mixed imagination with real scenes.