Simon Denis

Belgian, 1755 - 1812

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Soft green hills carpeted with plants sweep away from us in the bottom third of this horizontal painting on paper. A few terracotta-red roofs the upper expanses of tan-colored walls are nestled into the trees along the bottom edge of the paper. A few more structures with cream-white walls are tucked among trees in the distance before grassy hills surge up along the horizon. A few clouds drift across the hazy, pale blue sky above. The edges of the paper are visible especially along the top and bottom edges.
Simon Denis, View near Naples, c. 1806, oil on paper on canvas, Chester Dale Fund, 1998.21.1

View near Naples

Simon Denis · c. 1806 · oil on paper on canvas ·  Accession ID  1998.21.1