Accession Number
1954.707
Medium
pen and brown ink and brush and gray wash with blue and green watercolor, over traces of black chalk, with white paint
Dimensions
Image: 20.8 x 32.2 cm (8 3/16 x 12 11/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Credit Line
The Norweb Collection
Tags
Drawing Baroque (1600–1750) Watercolor Ink Flemish
Background & Context
Background Story
Anton Mirou (1578-1621/1627) was a Flemish painter known for the precisely observed, atmospheric landscape paintings that make him one of the most accomplished landscape painters of the Flemish tradition. Mountain Landscape with Figures from 1600-1650 depicts a mountain landscape with figures in the precisely observed, atmospheric manner that distinguishes Mirou's best work from the more general landscape painting of his contemporaries. Mirou was a member of the Frankenthal School of landscape painting, and his precisely observed, atmospheric landscapes of mountain scenes represent one of the most accomplished traditions in Flemish landscape painting.
Cultural Impact
Mountain Landscape with Figures is important in the history of Flemish landscape painting because it demonstrates the precisely observed, atmospheric manner that Mirou brought to mountain landscapes as one of the most accomplished landscape painters of the Flemish tradition. Mirou's precisely observed, atmospheric mountain landscapes—combining the mountain scenery of the Frankenthal School with the precise observation that is his most distinctive contribution—represent one of the most accomplished traditions in Flemish landscape painting, and the 1600-1650 painting shows this tradition at its most precisely observed.
Why It Matters
Mountain Landscape with Figures is Mirou's precisely observed Flemish landscape: a mountain landscape with figures rendered in the atmospheric manner of one of the most accomplished landscape painters of the Flemish Frankenthal School. The 1600-1650 painting shows the combination of mountain scenery with precise observation and atmospheric effect that makes the Frankenthal School one of the most accomplished landscape traditions.
