Landscape with an Oncoming Rainstorm
Also titled Landschap bij opkomende regenbui
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (Middelburg, 1803–1862)
1825 - 1829
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- depth 10.4 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the City of Amsterdam
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
These shepherds seem to enjoy a simple and peaceful existence in a wide meadow. However, the life of farmers and shepherds was harder in reality. Before 1850, artists did not paint outdoors: paint tubes did not yet exist, so working en plein air was impractical. Therefore, artists used sketches of what they saw to create landscape compositions back in their studio.
