Monk Meditating near a Ruin by Moonlight, Frederik Marinus Kruseman, 1862
Romanticism
1862
78.0 x 64.0 cm
frederick marianus kruseman (1817 – 1882)
Discover Frederik Marianus Kruseman's captivating landscape paintings! Explore his Dutch Romantic style featuring idyllic scenes of nature, winter landscapes & genre works. A significant figure in 19th-century Dutch art.
A overgrown Gothic ruin by moonlight, left a stream and landscape with pine trees ahead. In the front right is a monk sitting on a stone, he is absorbed in contemplation. This is the ruin of the abbey of Villers-la-Ville near Brussels.
About this artwork
- Title: Monk Meditating near a Ruin by Moonlight, Frederik Marinus Kruseman, 1862
- Artist: frederick marianus kruseman
- Year: 1862
- Original dimensions: 78.0 x 64.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Movement: Romanticism
- Creative period: Late Medieval
- Keywords: nature painting , historical artwork , dark landscape art
- Color hue: Amber to Saffron