A track runs past a cottage into the distance. In the right background the roof of a further cottage is visible, and in the distance are a small clump of trees and a further cluster of houses. The foremost cottage is enclosed by a fence of logs and flanked by trees. This landscape is painted on two sheets of paper mounted onto canvas. The sky on the left side, while featureless, is painted more thickly than that on the right, where the thin paint is overlaid with storm clouds in thicker grey paint.
This treatment of the sky is typical of Michel’s work. Further elements, such as the trees and humble buildings, also feature frequently in his paintings and are ultimately inspired by Dutch seventeenth-century landscapists. However, the handling is uneven overall, and it is only possible to associate this painting with Michel, rather than to say it is definitely by him.
A track runs past a cottage into the distance. In the right background the roof of a further cottage is visible, and in the distance are a small clump of trees and a further cluster of houses. The foremost cottage is enclosed by a fence of logs and flanked by trees. This landscape is painted on two sheets of paper mounted onto canvas. It is probable that the more thinly painted landscape at the right was extended by the addition of the left sheet. The sky on the left side, while featureless, is painted more thickly than that on the right, where the thin paint is overlaid with storm clouds in thicker grey paint.
This handling of the sky, and its large expanse, are typical of Michel’s work. Further elements, such as the trees and humble buildings, also feature frequently in his paintings and are ultimately inspired by the Dutch seventeenth-century landscapists Salomon van Ruysdael and Jacob van Ruisdael. However, the handling is uneven overall, and it is only possible to associate this painting with Michel, rather than to say it is definitely by him.
