View of Rome

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View of Rome

Pierre Henri de ValenciennesLinkedCulture matchlcp-e5ff71261fdc

Date
c. 1782–1784
Medium
oil on paper, mounted on board
Culture
France, 18th century
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
145309

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This oil sketch showing St. Peter's Basilica in the distance was painted during the artist's stay in Rome, 1777–85. Its spontaneity and freshness is typical of the artist's outdoor paintings, in which he sought to capture the light and atmosphere of Rome.

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Credit line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Provenance
Walter Pach; | Raymond Pach (Canton, North Carolina), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1970.

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