Offered by Antichità Castelbarco
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (Middelburg 1803 – Cleves 1862) attributable
Wooded landscape with stream
oil on canvas 72 x 91 cm - framed 93 x 113 cm
This evocative wooded view with imposing oak trees crossed by a stream and a couple of travellers resting near a small bridge is a work executed with quality and skill in detail, attributable to the Flemish artist Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (1803 – 1862).
He achieved international fame as one of the most important landscape painters of his generation, known for his romantic views, caressed by a particular golden light, which earned him the nickname “Prince of Landscape Painting”.
The painter carefully studied 17th-century Dutch landscape painters, revealing a careful study and synthesis of his predecessors; in particular, his main source of inspiration was the work of Jacob van Ruisdael (Haarlem 1628 - Amsterdam 1682), so much so that he could be described as his follower.
He often reproduced already famous works, considering them akin to his own sensibility, as in our case the landscape entitled “Oaks along a stream” painted around 1670 by Jacob van Ruisdael, at the time part of the collection of King Maximilian I Joseph (now in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich).
Magnificent romantic landscapes form the core of his work, and even today, his paintings are highly regarded for their lively composition and nostalgic atmosphere, in which the Dutch golden age seems to persist.
Just as he was during his lifetime, Koekkoek is widely considered the most skilled landscape painter of Dutch Romanticism. His landscapes, especially those signed, fetch very high prices.
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