“This is one of a pair of monumental landscapes commissioned by the Marquess of Lansdowne for his famous collection at Berkeley Square in London. Originally, this depiction of the destructive power of a violent storm was meant to find its complement in a beautiful sunset harbor scene. The two paintings were separated in the early 19th century and the pendant to this one is now in a private collection. The drama of this large-scale landscape with a thundering waterfall, a craggy coast, and ominous storm clouds anticipates the emotional intensity of Romanticism, which reached its height in the first half of the 19th century.”

Dallas Museum of Art

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