Landscape with Trees, Buildings and a Road

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A track runs past a cottage into the distance. In the right background the roof of a further cottage is visible, and in the distance are a small clump of trees and a further cluster of houses. The foremost cottage is enclosed by a fence of logs and flanked by trees. This landscape is painted on two sheets of paper mounted onto canvas. The sky on the left side, while featureless, is painted more thickly than that on the right, where the thin paint is overlaid with storm clouds in thicker grey paint.

This treatment of the sky is typical of Michel’s work. Further elements, such as the trees and humble buildings, also feature frequently in his paintings and are ultimately inspired by Dutch seventeenth-century landscapists. However, the handling is uneven overall, and it is only possible to associate this painting with Michel, rather than to say it is definitely by him.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

Landscape with Trees, Buildings and a Road

Date

1785-1843

Medium

Oil on paper

Measurements

H 44.5 x W 68.6 cm

Accession number

NG2258

Acquisition method

Bought (Lewis Fund), 1908

Work type

Painting

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