A Landscape with a Domed Building

Remigio Cantagallina

Associated Names
Remigio Cantagallina

Artist, Florentine, 1582/1583 - 1656

The image shows a scene of a person standing on a path between clusters of trees on a hill, overlooking a city with a central dome architecture. In the background, there are soft mountains defining the skyline. The artwork is done in fine, detailed linework resembling etching, with cross-hatching for textures and shading. The color palette is monochromatic, using brown ink on cream paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 18.9 x 26 cm (7 7/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
    mount: 23 x 29.9 cm (9 1/16 x 11 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.89

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(W. R. Jeudwine, London, by 1961); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1961; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 179 (color).

Watermarks

crown over fleur-de-lis

Wikidata ID

Q64620325

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