Dutch school of the 17th-18th centuries

Dutch school of the 17th-18th century.
"The fire".
Oil on canvas.
Measurements: 33 x 19 cm.

The painting in tender masterfully combines the Dutch landscape with the romantic feeling. The artist shows a landscape of attenuated lights, with a wild field interrupted by the flames of a fire whose source is hidden from our eyes. The ominous sky welcomes the black smoke that dissipates among the evening clouds. Alongside the natural disaster, the buildings of a Dutch village remain resistant.

The romantic landscape had two main aspects: the dramatic, of turbulent and fantastic views, and the naturalistic, which emphasized images of a peaceful and serene nature. This first conception is what we see embodied in this work; the painter tries to communicate a religious reverence for the landscape, nature in its fullness, with few industrial elements of modern life. In fact, the painter's own use of light here conveys a dreamy atmosphere, inviting the viewer to meditate and contemplate himself in the landscape. We find in this work a clearly poetic content, which goes beyond the simple representation of nature to capture nature as a reflection of the author's feelings.