Gezicht op Loch an Eilein by James Fittler

Gezicht op Loch an Eilein 1801 - 1802

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print, engraving

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lake

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print

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old engraving style

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landscape

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romanticism

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engraving

Dimensions: height 227 mm, width 274 mm

Copyright: Rijks Museum: Open Domain

This is 'Gezicht op Loch an Eilein,' an etching made by James Fittler, sometime before his death in 1835. The cool, muted tones establish a serene, almost melancholic atmosphere. The composition is carefully structured around the contrast between foreground and background. The artist employs a subtle gradation of tones to suggest depth and distance, inviting the viewer to contemplate the sublime beauty of the natural world. The figures in the foreground serve as a classical repoussoir, drawing the eye into the landscape. Fittler subtly disrupts traditional landscape conventions. While the scene initially appears to be a celebration of nature, the calculated arrangement of pictorial elements reveals the artist's manipulation of the scene. Through a careful interplay of light and shadow, Fittler challenges fixed notions of the natural and the artificial.

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