David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl, 1675 - Black Cocks at Ground - fine art print

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English: This is the very first known landscape painting where a Swedish artist has depicted his view of Swedish nature. It is an early morning in the middle of April and in the light mist the unmistakable lakeside landscape of central Sweden emerges. Spruces and juniper bushes rise up from the ground, which is peppered with lichens and mosses, and in the middle distance the view is flanked by pines and birches. But in front of this tranquil view, something dramatic is taking place – the artist has captured a magnificent black grouse courtship display in the heart of the Swedish countryside – somewhere outside Kungsör – in the spring of 1675. Ehrenstrahl was the leading Swedish artist of the late 17th century and was regularly called upon by the Royal court. Among the paintings that he executed alongside his Royal allegories and portraits of the elite, his realistic depictions of all kinds of animals take pride of place. In these paintings of hunting, birds and squirrels, the Swedish countryside can sometimes be glimpsed in the background. But in this painting, the landscape has emerged from a suggestive backdrop to become an indelible part of the lead motif. Anyone who stands before the painting to admire the landscape and the black grouse is not alone – concealed in a hide in the foreground sits another spectator of the drama that is unfolding. Alongside our modern eyes, a pair from the 17th-century still gaze out onto the misty April landscape – the original viewer in this first Swedish landscape is forever embodied in the painting. Det här är denna allra första kända landskapsmålning där en svensk konstnär skildrat sin upplevelse av den svenska naturen. Det är en tidig morgon i mitten av april och i det lätta diset framträder ett omisskännligt mellansvenskt insjölandskap. Granar och enar skjuter upp i terrängen, marken skiftar av renlav och mossa, och i mellangrunden flankeras utsikten av tall och björk. Men framför den rofyllda utsikten händer också någonting mycket dramatiskt – konstnären har här fångat ett storslaget orrspel som tilldrog sig mitt i den svenska naturen – någonstans utanför Kungsör – våren 1675. Ehrenstrahl var den ledande svenske konstnären under slutet av 1600-talet, flitigt anlitad av kungahuset. Bland de målningar som han utförde vid sidan av kungliga allegorier och porträtt av den svenska stormaktens elit, intar realistiska skildringar av allehanda djur en framträdande plats. I dessa framställningar av jakter, fåglar och ekorrar skymtar ibland den svenska naturen fram i bakgrunderna. Men i den här målningen har landskapet vuxit ut från en antydd fond till att bli en oupplöslig del av själva huvudmotivet. Den som idag står inför målningen och ser på landskapet och orrarna är inte ensam – dold i en riskoja i förgrunden skymtar ytterligare en åskådare av dramat. Vid sidan av oss moderna betraktare spanar en blick från 1600-talet fortfarande ut i det disiga aprillandskapet – den ursprungliga blicken in i detta första svenska landskap är för evigt manifesterad i målningen.

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"Black Cocks at Ground" was painted by the painter David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl. The 340 years old piece of art measures the size: Height: 275 cm (108,2 ″); Width: 266 cm (104,7 ″) Framed: Height: 286 cm (112,5 ″); Width: 276 cm (108,6 ″); Depth: 8 cm (3,1 ″). Nowadays, the work of art is part of the digital collection of Nationalmuseum Stockholm, which is located in Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden. With courtesy of Nationalmuseum Stockholm & Wikimedia Commons (public domain license).In addition, the artwork has the following creditline: . In addition to this, the alignment is square with a ratio of 1 : 1, which implies that the length is equal to the width.

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