Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape with Castle and Shepherds

Achille Etna MichallonLinkedCulture matchlcp-defc10c29c96

Date: 1814
Medium: brown ink and brown wash over graphite, heightened with white gouache
Culture: France, 19th century
Department: Drawings
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 157235

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This landscape illustrates the sublime beauty of nature, a Romantic concept, but it also reflects the importance of classical training in Rome. Throughout the 19th century, artists flocked to Italy to study classical ruins and themes, as well as landscapes. Here, the castle evokes Northern Italian fortresses, and in the tradition of other French artists traveling to Rome, Michallon imbued his rendering of the Alps with great emotion.

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Credit line: Gift of Members of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of the Club's seventy-fifth anniversary
Provenance: [David and Constance Yates]