Eugène-Ferdinand Buttura, 'A Road in the Roman Campagna', about 1840
A Road in the Roman Campagna
On loan: Gere Collection Paintings to the Ashmolean (2024 - 2026), The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford, UK About the work
Overview
This oil sketch of a dusty road meandering through the Roman Campagna was probably painted while Buttura was staying at the Villa Medici in Rome. Scrubby trees line the roadway, while a single curving line of paint describes the small, dry gulley that runs along its edge. Buttura captures the arid atmosphere of a Roman summer's afternoon.
Key facts
Details
- Full title
- A Road in the Roman Campagna
- Artist
- Eugène-Ferdinand Buttura
- Artist dates
- 1812 - 1852
- Date made
- about 1840
- Medium and support
- Oil on paper laid on canvas
- Dimensions
- 26.5 × 38.5 cm
- Acquisition credit
- The Gere Collection, on long-term loan to the National Gallery
- Inventory number
- L804
- Location
- On loan: Gere Collection Paintings to the Ashmolean (2024 - 2026), The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford, UK
- Image copyright
- The Gere Collection, on long-term loan to the National Gallery, © Private collection 2000. Used by permission
- Collection
- Main Collection
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