Gezicht in de romeinse Campagna met op de voorgrond een rivier

About this artwork

hoogte 144 mm x breedte 228 mm

Art Historical Context

Felix Hippolyte Lanoüe’s *Gezicht in deinse Campagna met op voorgrond een rivier (View in the Romanagna with a River in Foreground), created in 1843, the timeless allure of Italy’s ancient countryside. This intimate brush work, measuring just 144 mm high by 228 mm wide, reflects the 19th-century European fascination with the Roman Campagna—a vast, evocative plain surrounding Rome, dotted with ruins, aqueducts, and wild pastoral scenes. Lanoüe, a French artist active during the Romantic era, likely produced this as a plein air sketch during travels to Italy, a rite of passage for many painters ...