Updated 14 April 2025
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Landscape with Stormy Sea
| Date | c. 1718-25 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
| Size（cm） | 93 x 130 |
| Credit Line | Purchased |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1973-0002 |
This pair of large landscapes was created during Magnasco's most prosperous years, his second Milanese period of 1718-1725. The dark, but rich color palette, swirling brush strokes, and tall and slender figures crouching half hidden in shadows all contribute to the extremely dramatic, illusionary feel of Magnasco's painted world. Here Magnasco shows the beauty and power of nature in juxtaposition with the small powerless existence of mankind, battling valiantly in the face of nature. The impressionist touch of his brush strokes continued in the works of such 18th century Venetian painters as Guardi. (Source: Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2009, cat. no.46)
Provenance
Private collection, Wien; Galerie Nathan, Zürich; Purchased by the NMWA, 1973.
Exhibition History
- 1978
- European Landscape Painting, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, 3 November 1978 - 15 January 1979, cat. no. 29
- 1996
- , Seiji Togo Memorial Yasuda Kasai Museum of Art, 29 June 1996 - 18 August 1996, cat. no. 3, col. repr.
Bibliography
- 1938
- Delogu, Giuseppe. Vier unveröffentlichte Gemälde von Magnasco. Pantheon. 11. Jg., 1938, p. 171, repr.
- 1945
- Pospisil, M. Magnasco. Firenze, 1945, pls. 58, 59.
- 1949
- Geiger, Benno. Magnasco. Bergamo, Istituto italiano d'arti grafiche, 1949, p. 151, pl. 453.
- 1974
- Gazette des Beaux-Arts. ser. 6, tome 83, Feb. 1974, "Chronique des Arts", p. 203, no. 696, repr.
- 1975
- Les cent chefs-d'œuvre du Musée National d'Art Occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1975 (Japanese), no. 15, repr.
- 1975
- Bulletin Annuel du Musée National d’Art Occidental, No. 8 (1973), 1975, Nouvelles acquisitions, par Chisaburoh F. Yamada, pp. 4-5. Nouvelles acquisitions (catalogue). pp. 6-7. repr.
- 1978
- Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1978 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 20, col. repr.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 160, repr.
- 1996
- Tenrankai Umi: Uminohi Seitei Kinen (exh. cat.). Nakamura, Takao; Kojima, Kaoru. [Tokyo], NHK Promotions. 1996, cat. no. 3, col. repr.
- 2006
- Masterpieces of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art; Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2006 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 46, col. repr.
- 2009
- Masterpieces of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art; Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2009, no. 46, col. repr.
- 2013
- Masterpieces: The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2013 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 59, col. repr.
- 2021
- When Here and Afar Meet: Western Art in Yamagata/Western Art in Takaoka (exh. cat.). Shinfuji, Atsushi, ed. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2021, pp. 88, 180, cat. no. Y2_49 | T2_52, col. repr.