Dutch artist Bartholomeus Barbiers was part of the Netherlandish landscape rebirth, which focused on the ordinary but sought to infuse such pastoral scenery with mood or meaning. Here we see the ruins of a watch-house dating from antiquity, and a span that adds horizontal depth to the composition, in a splendid pencil and wash from the late eighteenth-century.
Remnants of an Ancient Gatehouse with Bridge, c.1784, Pencil with Color WashBartholomeus Barbiers Dutch (1743 - 1808) |
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Dutch artist Bartholomeus Barbiers was part of the Netherlandish landscape rebirth, which focused on the ordinary but sought to infuse such pastoral scenery with mood or meaning. Here we see the ruins of a watch-house dating from antiquity, and a span that adds horizontal depth to the composition, in a splendid pencil and wash from the late eighteenth-century. |
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