6.3 Landscape
Generally speaking, Roman elements prevailed in landscape painting in Southern Germany at the time. The unpretentious, naive sort of realism in drawings from, for instance, Hans Friedrich Schrorer (c. 1585-after 1654) might stem from Adam Elsheimer. His sheets also are reminiscent of Dutch artists such as Roelant Savery [1].1 The same goes for Jonas Umbach (c. 1624-1693); maybe the Nordic elements in his fresh drawings are even stronger [2]. Like Esaias van de Velde, he used the quite rarely employed oil chalk [3-4].2
1
Hans Friedrich Schrorer
Forest landscape with brook, 1634 (?)
Vienna, Graphische Sammlung Albertina, inv./cat.nr. 13411
2
Jonas Umbach
Landscape with a farm in the foreground right
Berlin (city, Germany), Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, inv./cat.nr. 18538
3
Jonas Umbach
Wooded rocky landscape with traveler and pack donkey
Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, inv./cat.nr. 294
4
Jonas Umbach
Mountain landscape with wooden bridge and travelers walking along a ravine
Berlin (city, Germany), Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, inv./cat.nr. 15427
At the end of the century Christoph Ludwig Agricola (1665-1724)3 painted some Rhine landscapes in imitation of Herman Saftleven and Jan Griffier [5]. There are even paintings by his hand that strive for a Jacob van Ruisdael atmosphere or explore a Rembrandt motif [6-7].4 Although he did visit the Netherlands, his models primarily were Claude Lorrain and Nicolas Poussin.
The same goes for the small landscapes of Joachim Franz Beich (1665-1748). He partly followed the examples of Saftleven and Griffier and painted in the manner of Nicolaes Berchem and Jan Both [8-9]. On the other hand, he was more ‘classical’ orientated and stuck to the models of Jean François Millet and Gaspard Dughet [10].5
5
Christoph Ludwig Agricola
Extensive mountainous landcsape with Muslim pelgrims praying, c. 1710 (?)
Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, inv./cat.nr. 2056
6
Christoph Ludwig Agricola
Evening landscape with Turks praying, before 1710
Braunschweig, Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, inv./cat.nr. 592
7
Christoph Ludwig Agricola
The Flight into Egypt
Fredensborg (Denmark), Fredensborg Slot, inv./cat.nr. KMSst232
8
Joachim Franz Beich
Southern landscape with travelers, c. 1745-1748
Berlin (city, Germany), art dealer Galerie Bassenge
9
Joachim Franz Beich
Mountainous landscape with the Rest on the Flight to Egypt, dated 1736
10
Joachim Franz Beich
Extensive landscape with Saint Joseph and Mary on their way to Bethlehem
Notes
1 [Gerson 1942/1983] Albertina no. 411, dated 1634.
2 [Van Leeuwen 2017] Bushart et al. 1968, nos. 385-399.
3 [Van Leeuwen 2017] On Agricola: Klessmann 2001, Klessmann 2004-2005.
4 [Gerson 1942/1983] Paintings in Braunschweig, image Biermann 1914, no. 60 in the manner of Ruisdael; The flight into Egypt in the style of a Rembrandt etching in Fredensborg Castle.
5 [Van Leeuwen 2017] On Beich: Meighöhner/Tutsch/Blübaum et al. 1998.