A Mountainous Landscape
Artist: Imitator of Hercules Segers (Dutch, 1589 - 1638)
Original Dimensions: 22 3/4" x 32 3/8"
Location: National Gallery of Art, London
About Artwork: (Early 17th century) "This wild and desolate landscape painting was once attributed to Rembrandt. In 1960, its attribution changed to Hercules Segers, but now it’s considered to be by an imitator of Segers’s imaginative and highly original etchings. As most of Segers’s are, the landscape is imaginary. The rushing stream and fast-flying clouds give a sense of drama to the scene, but the proportions suggesting the distance between the church on the left and the half-hidden house on the right perhaps seem a little odd. Swift brushstrokes of browns and ochre stand clear of the oak support in places, leaving a rough surface known as impasto, which gives the rocks substance and texture. Only a touch of red surrounding the tiny church on the plateau in the foreground and in patches of sky brighten the gloomy view." - (National Gallery of Art, London)

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