Caption

Landscape with children playing, unknown artist, French painting; idyllic landscape with children, ancient ruins, pendant. Flanked on the left by a tall single tree and a group of shorter trees in the background; on the right, on a high escarpment by the lake, are the ruins of an ancient temple. A sandy road leads down the escarpment in a wide arc. In the center foreground a swift stream flows from the lake visible in the background. A small island on the lake; beyond it a view of the opposite shore with buildings, a hill, and bushes. Staffage: children playing in a clearing under a slope; two boys sitting on the lake shore with a crayfish net; in the foreground a young man with a fishing rod shows a girl a caught crayfish. 18th century, possibly Germany; oil painting, 222 × 164 cm., A painted landscape showing a tall tree with brown trunk and greenish-brown foliage on the left, a cluster of darker green trees behind it, and a pale blue sky with soft beige and cream clouds; a rocky stream with white foamy water flows from the foreground toward the middle ground over brown and gray stones, bordered by green and brown grassy banks; a group of people wearing garments in muted colors including red, blue, brown, and cream are scattered across the banks and a grassy hill, some sitting and some standing or walking, with a few children among them; on the right a rocky cliff topped with green trees rises beside ruins of columns in gray and beige tones; distant pale blue-gray hills and a calm river with small islands lie toward the horizon, and the scene is framed by an antique gold-colored frame.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A16_272

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Rights managed

Available size

46.6Mb (3.4Mb) / 11.5in x 15.7in / 3453 x 4712 (300dpi)

Keywords

Landscape children playing unknown artist French painting idyllic landscape children ancient ruins pendant Flanked left tall single tree group shorter trees background right high escarpment lake ruins ancient temple sandy road leads down escarpment wide arc center foreground swift stream flows lake visible small island beyond view opposite shore buildings hill bushes Staffage clearing under slope two boys sitting lake shore crayfish net foreground young man fishing rod girl caught crayfish 18th century Germany oil painting painted landscape showing tall tree brown trunk greenish-brown foliage cluster darker green trees pale blue sky soft beige cream clouds rocky stream white foamy water flows middle ground brown gray stones bordered green grassy banks people wearing garments muted colors red blue cream scattered across grassy hill sitting standing walking them rocky cliff topped green trees rises beside columns gray beige tones distant pale blue-gray hills calm river small islands lie horizon scene framed antique gold-colored frame.