Torione Anticho Fori di Roma

c. 1630/1635

Claude Lorrain

Associated Names
Claude Lorrain

Artist, French, 1604/1605 - 1682

This image features a cylindrical tower rising above lush foliage. The tower is slightly to the right of center, surrounded by soft, blurred lines that suggest vegetation. There is no clearly defined horizon, as the landscape's contours blend into the background. The artwork is executed in a monochromatic palette dominated by reddish-brown tones. The strokes are loose and gestural, creating a sense of movement in the trees. The elements merge into one another to create a harmonious composition.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    red chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jean and Kahlil Gibran

  • Dimensions

    overall: 9.5 x 12.9 cm (3 3/4 x 5 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1990.138.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Roethlisberger 1968, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(G. Tedeschi, Rome); (S. Denenberg, New York); Jean and Kahlil Gibran, Boston, MA, 1970; gift to NGA, 1990

Associated Names

Bibliography

1968

  • Roethlisberger, Marcel. Claude Lorrain: The Drawings. 2 vols. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1968.

Inscriptions

across bottom in pen and brown ink: Torione Anticho Fori di Roma; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 200-

Wikidata ID

Q64540125

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