Gezicht op het Cristallomassief in de Dolomieten, op de voorgrond de Dürrensee c. 1889 - 1920

This landscape, whose creator is unknown, captures the Cristallo massif in the Dolomites with the Dürrensee lake in the foreground. It’s a chromogenic print on glass, a technique that yields a distinctive palette and texture. Notice how the composition divides into three horizontal registers, each rendered with a distinct tonal range. The glassy lake dominates the foreground, reflecting the muted tones of the sky. Above, a band of dense forest mediates between the water and the pale, almost ethereal, mountains in the distance. The artist uses a restricted range of hues to enhance the picture's structural clarity, creating depth through tonal shifts rather than vivid color contrasts. What's remarkable here is the interplay between objective representation and pictorial structure. The photographic medium captures a specific location, yet the strategic manipulation of tone and composition transforms the scene into an exercise in visual organization. This is more than a mere depiction; it's an interpretation of space and form.