Diana and Her Companions in a Landscape

early 19th century

Luigi Brenta

Associated Names
Luigi Brenta

Artist, Italian, born 1800

The image is viewed from a slightly elevated perspective, looking down on a scene where a group of figures are gathered to the right side of the composition. The horizon line is low, with soft, diffuse boundaries between the sky and the earth. The brushstrokes are loose and expressive, with a sketchy quality that suggests rather than defines forms. The color palette consists of muted browns and sepia tones, lending the scene a warm, monochromatic appearance. To the left, across an open space, a single figure in the distance gestures towards some trees. The figures and trees blend into the rocky landscape, wrapped in an atmosphere that feels serene and expansive.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 20.5 × 29 cm (8 1/16 × 11 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.158.3


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Enrico Cortona, Milan); purchased 2017 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1959

  • Della Chiesa, Angela Ottino. L'età Neoclassica in Lombardia. Villa dell'Olmo, 1959: under no. 330, as Giuseppe Bossi

1983

  • Brunetto, Lina Tosi. Giuseppe Bossi, l'uomo e l'opera. Busto Arsizio, 1983: 87 and 139 and fig. LXXXII (as Giuseppe Bossi).

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper left of mount in graphite: 48

Wikidata ID

Q64594386

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