Giovanni-Battista Camuccini, 'Landscape with Trees and Rocks', about 1840-1902
About the work
Overview
This free and quick sketch is probably a view in the Roman Campagna. Camuccini has drawn the scene first, and then applied the paint in long, liquid strokes to define two of the tree trunks (the third trunk at far left was not in the end painted) and the play of light on the hillside. The trees in the background are depicted more carefully than some of the other forms such as the rocks at right, which are painted with a slapdash freedom.
Key facts
Details
- Full title
- Landscape with Trees and Rocks
- Artist
- Giovanni-Battista Camuccini
- Artist dates
- 1819 - 1904
- Date made
- about 1840-1902
- Medium and support
- Oil and chalk on paper laid on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.8 × 37.9 cm
- Acquisition credit
- The Gere Collection, on long-term loan to the National Gallery
- Inventory number
- L807
- Location
- Not on display
- 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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