Pastoral Landscape with Ruins
c. 1722
- Medium
- etching and open-bite on laid paper
- Dimensions
- 16.8 × 22.4 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-195139
Janssen’s prints depict figures, trees, and architectural details rendered light against a dark background, a reverse effect of the typical etching of the period, which reminds our modern eye of a photographic negative. The artist might have been familiar with such a reversal of light and dark through the practice of reverse glass painting, in which he was trained, and indeed, the figures glow with an idiosyncratic solarizing effect, almost as if they are part of a window. The technique was apparently invented by Janssen and is unique in early modern art.
Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Jo Hershey Selden Fund, 2022.50
Registry history
- c. 1722 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
Registered on Collect24
The identity of the collector is never published. Purchase information, documents and the exact location of the artwork remain private.
Ownership not yet verified on Collect24
This artwork is documented in the Global Art Registry, but no Collect24 account is linked to it as the owner. Claiming keeps this record and its Collect24 Art ID — nothing is created a second time.
Do you own or represent this artwork? Claim this artwork →Auction history
Public sale records matched to this work. Ownership is never disclosed.
Loading sale records…