# River Landscape [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CARRACCI, Annibale]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 89 x 148 cm ## Commentary Annibale Carracci painted in Bologna this River Landscape which is almost unique in the immediacy of its depiction of nature. If Flemish painters looked for truth in naturalistic details, Annibale instead tried to convey the general impression of a place where human presence was only incidental through the use of quick, broad brush strokes. Only partially concerned with depth, Annibale brings the scenery so close to the picture plane that the spectator is almost swept into it. ## Related artworks - [A Sea God Abducts a Woman \(detail\)]() - [A Sea God Abducts a Woman]() - [Assumption of the Virgin Mary]() - [Assumption of the Virgin]() - [Atlante]() - [Butcher's Shop \(detail\)]() - [Butcher's Shop]() - [Ceiling fresco]() - [Ceiling fresco]() - [Ceiling fresco]() - [Cephalus and Aurora]() - [Christ and the Woman of Samaria]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()