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Autumnal colours and a soft sky lend a certain melancholy to a vast landscape. The high cliff and spindly birch trees on one side and a dark cluster of undergrowth on the other narrow the view, almost hypnotic in its stillness. The figures in the foreground seem almost incidental but flashes of white capture the attention. A group of travellers with pack mules, known as muleteers, takes advantage of a stop to tend an injured animal and to take a rest. Berchem keeps the figures small and tightly packed so their activities – examining the mule, adjusting a shoe – need to be disentangled. We don't know if Berchem had ever been to Italy but he knew other artists, such as Jan Both, who had; what is certain is that he understood the breadth, moods and colours of its landscapes.
Title
Mountainous Landscape with Muleteers
Date
1658
Medium
Oil on canvas
Measurements
H 109 x W 126 cm
Accession number
NG1004
Acquisition method
Wynn Ellis Bequest, 1876
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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