A View of Bracciano with the Church of S. Maria Assunta
Medium
Brown and gray inks and washes applied with point of brush and brush, with traces of graphite underdrawing on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
image and sheet: 8.7 × 15 cm · mounted: 23.6 × 30.8 cm
Classification
Drawing
Department
Drawings
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
Accession Number
2020.127
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About this artwork
In the early 1600s, artists from Northern Europe began to take long trips to Italy as part of their artistic training. Bartholomeus Breenberg traveled to Italy around 1620 and probably stayed for at least 12 years. While there, he sketched ancient ruins and the countryside, features he would use in his paintings when he returned to Amsterdam in the 1630s. The area around the Lago di Bracciano, a volcanic lake northwest of Rome, was home to several medieval villages that provided charming vistas ...