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Ruins of Glastonbury Abbey
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Rooker excelled in the rendering of buildings. He did not use lines drawn in pen, but rather only a brush and ink or watercolour. He frequently populated his architectural scenes with peasants, labourers and cattle. They often lend his work a gently ironic tone. Glastonbury Abbey had been very prosperous until King Henry VIII dissolved all of the monasteries in 1536, after which most of them gradually went to ruin.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineRuins of Glastonbury Abbey. 1794. Michael Angelo Rooker. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
