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Alpine Landscape: The Handegg, Switzerland
Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1850s
Tall firs rise out of deep shadow towards sunlit snowy peaks, in a Swiss mountain scene that moves from darkness to light.
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About this artwork
Gérôme shows a mountain peak near Handegg, with tall fir trees and boulders in a shadowed foreground. Beyond them, light falls on the sky and the snowcapped mountains. The trees stretch almost to the top of the picture, rising like church steeples, and give the scene a feeling of spiritual striving. It is an oil sketch, painted on fabric in the 1850s. The romantic, almost religious feeling it expresses before the power and beauty of nature is surprising for Gérôme, who was one of the leading artists of academic realism, a style known for firm, precise drawing.
On your wall: Its deep shadowed greens against blue sky and white peaks suit a study, a living room or a hallway where a calm, uplifting mountain view is welcome.
- Title
- Alpine Landscape: The Handegg, Switzerland
- Artist
- Jean-Léon Gérôme
- Year
- 1850s
- Style
- Landscapes & sea
- Shape
- Landscape
Public domain (CC0). Image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Text based on Cleveland Museum of Art (CC0).
About Jean-Léon Gérôme
Jean-Léon Gérôme was a French painter and sculptor working in the academic style. His pictures were reproduced so widely that, by 1880, he was arguably the most famous living artist in the world. He painted historical scenes, Greek mythology, Orientalist subjects and portraits, and he ranked among the most successful artists of the Second Empire.
Based on Wikipedia.
Canvas and printing
Printed on canvas and stretched over a 2 cm FSC-certified wooden frame, with the image wrapping around the edges. Framed versions sit in a wooden floater frame in black, natural or dark wood.
Delivery and returns
Every canvas is printed to order by our partner in Germany: framed canvases arrive in 6–11 working days, unframed ones in 7–12 working days. Delivery is free in Switzerland on orders from CHF 99. We also deliver to the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and many more countries, printed close to you where possible. You can return an undamaged canvas within 14 days. See delivery and returns.
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