Ambrogio Lorenzetti
Castello in Riva a un lago
circa
1348
tempera
on panel
22
x 33 cm
A long time ago I saw a
small painting by Ambrogio Lorenzetti in the National Pinacoteca in Siena. The
work titled 'Castello in Riva a un lago' [circa 1348] overwhelmed me, it
seemed motionless with a suspicion of an action. A boat in a lake near a
castle, cultivated fields and houses. Everything points to the presence of
humans, we just do not see them. The work drew me in its flat space, an
accumulation of mountainous forms, water and trees.
I stayed a long time
looking at the work, a guard gave me a chair so I was at ease. It was quiet in
the museum, it was a beautiful day and the people sat on terraces. I bought a
postcard of the painting, which is now hanging in my studio for 25 years. For
me this painting is a symbol of how a work of art can stimulate your
imagination, can achieve a silence in your mind, a silence that can turn into a
soft humming, or perhaps an exuberant singing.
Marena
Seeling, 2015
Marena Seeling
Untitled
2015
watercolour
17
x 23 cm
Marena Seeling (NL)
Untitled
2013
oil
paint on panel
42 x 70 cm
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