Fresco in Palazzo Colonna, Rome
Gaspard Dughet
n.d.
Medium
Black crayon with black chalk over touches of graphite on ivory laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper
Dimensions
53 × 40.5 cm (20 7/8 × 16 in.)
Classification
graphite
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
95638
About the Artist
Gaspard Dughet · 1615–1675
He was famed as a distinguished landscape painter working in Rome in the 17th century, painting decorative frescoes and easel paintings for major Roman patrons, including Pope Innocent X and the Colonna family. He is linked to a new genre of landscape, the storm scene, however his most characteristic works depict the beauty of the scenery around Rome, particularly near Tivoli. He was particularly ...