Landschap met twee ruiters in galop
1771 · etching on paper
width: 99 cm, height: 62 cm
Rijksmuseum
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Johann Christian Klengel
1751
WA-00050198
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Johann Christian Klengel was a German painter known for landscape compositions that combined topographical precision with romantic sensibility. Active in the late eighteenth century, he worked primarily in oil and watercolor, developing a distinctive approach to depicting the Saxon countryside around his native Kesselsdorf. His paintings balanced meticulous attention to natural detail with an emerging appreciation for atmospheric effect and emotional tonality characteristic of the transition from Enlightenment to Romantic landscape tradition.
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