Binnenplaats van een boerderij
1773 - 1843
Medium
paper
Dimensions
155; 100
About this artwork
height 100 mm x width 155 mm
Art Historical Context
Georges Michel (1773–1843), a French Romantic landscape painter, captured the rustic charm of rural France in *Binnenplaats van een boerderij* ("Courtyard of a Farmhouse"). This intimate work on paper, measuring just 100 mm high by 155 mm wide, likely depicts a typical farm courtyard, evoking the everyday life of the countryside around Paris and Fontainebleau, subjects central to Michel's oeuvre. His dramatic skies and textured foliage, influenced by 17th-century Dutch masters like Jacob van Ruisdael, infused these scenes with a sense of nature's grandeur and melancholy. As a small-scale draw...
About the Artist
Georges Michel · 1763–1843
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