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Description: | Signed: yes Description: The painting was produced when the Austrian-born artist was at his peak, producing landscapes and genre paintings in the manner of the Munich School to which he contributed significantly both as an artist and teacher at the Munich Academy. In this painting, Poetzelberger unusually treats a mythological subject in a contemporary fashion. The scene's realistically depicted woodland setting displays the artist's thorough knowledge of northern European landscape tradition, while the well-modelled reclining figure of the nymph, evenly lit by a soft veiled light typical of Poetzelberger's work of this period, displays the merits of his classical training as a draughtsman. Poetzelberger's genre paintings often allude to gallant subjects. However, in this painting his choice of a classical subject allowed him to treat an erotic subject directly. The scene is composed placing the viewer in the position of voyeur, inviting us to look up at the nymph in her dishevelled attire as she idly dips her feet in the nearby stream. In the foreground, the presence of a goat, a traditional symbol of lust, clearly sets the tone. | Subjects: | landscape; figure | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Poetzelberger Robert (German artist, 1856-1930) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8468... | Go to resource |
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