The Valley of Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. Artist: John Ruskin (British, London 1819-1900 Brantwood, Cumbria). Dimensions: sheet: 7 5/8 x 10 in. (19.4 x 25.4 cm). Date: ca. 1866.When the celebrated Victorian critic and amateur painter John Ruskin first saw the Alps in 1833, he responded to them as images of sublime beauty, records of divine creation, and scientific geology. In this mountain landscape, the product of a later journey, Ruskin chose a melancholy spot where the low sunlit trees on the left contrast starkly with the steep, shaded rows of pines that line the right. The view was taken from Unspunnen Castle (also known as Manfred's Castle because it inspired a work by Byron) in the Lauterbrunnen Valley, near Interlaken. The drawing was articulated with fluid passages of wash, overlaid with touches of dry brushwork, and then reinforced with ink, to form the trees and tiny buildings. Ethereal blue washes formed the haze that envelopes the distant peaks. Museum: Metropolitan Museu

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The Valley of Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. Artist: John Ruskin (British, London 1819-1900 Brantwood, Cumbria). Dimensions: sheet: 7 5/8 x 10 in. (19.4 x 25.4 cm). Date: ca. 1866.When the celebrated Victorian critic and amateur painter John Ruskin first saw the Alps in 1833, he responded to them as images of sublime beauty, records of divine creation, and scientific geology. In this mountain landscape, the product of a later journey, Ruskin chose a melancholy spot where the low sunlit trees on the left contrast starkly with the steep, shaded rows of pines that line the right. The view was taken from Unspunnen Castle (also known as Manfred's Castle because it inspired a work by Byron) in the Lauterbrunnen Valley, near Interlaken. The drawing was articulated with fluid passages of wash, overlaid with touches of dry brushwork, and then reinforced with ink, to form the trees and tiny buildings. Ethereal blue washes formed the haze that envelopes the distant peaks. Museum: Metropolitan Museu

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