# Landscape with Gessner's Tomb [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SCHÖNBERGER, Lorenz Adolf]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 72 x 58 cm ## Commentary Landscape with Gessner's Tomb c. 1788 Oil on canvas, 72 x 58 cm Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna Salomon Gessner \(1730-1788\) was a Swiss poet, whose "Idylls" came out in 1756, with a French edition appearing 1762. This pastoral poetry enjoyed sensational international success. Gessner described tombs set on charming, gentle landscapes. The subject matter of Schönberger's painting, a prize-winning piece in 1789, was the commemoration of the celebrated "painting poet" and idyllist who captured his scenes in both word and image. This painting is a blend of a Gessner idyll with a Rococo-style landscape which still looks to the French artist <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/p/pillemen/landscap.html'\)" HREF="/html/p/pillemen/landscap.html">Jean Pillement</A> as its spiritual father. ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()