Valley in the Italian Campagna

1820s(?)

Dutch 19th Century

Associated Names
Dutch 19th Century

Artist

The image depicts a landscape seen from a slightly elevated position on a hillside. The horizon is low, emphasizing the sky and distant mountains. The color palette is monochrome with varying shades of grey. The brushstrokes are loose and fluid, depicting foliage and the terrain with movement and texture. A large tree fills the left side, rocks and bushes are scattered in the middle ground, and distant hills and mountains lead the eye into the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gray and greenish wash over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 37.8 × 23.5 cm (14 7/8 × 9 1/4 in.)
    mount: 45.8 × 32 cm (18 1/16 × 12 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.142.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(P. & D. Colnaghi, London; as Johann Martin von Rohden). (Conrad R. Graeber Fine Art, Riderwood, MD); purchased 2012 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2016

  • Recent Acquisitions of Dutch and Flemish Drawings, NGA, 2016.

Inscriptions

lower right verso in graphite: light Blue / B 31257H7

Wikidata ID

Q64556041

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