Italian Landscape with Fortifications and a Waterfall
Gaspard Dughet
mid-1660s
Medium
black and white chalk on blue laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 29.6 × 41.2 cm (11 5/8 × 16 1/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
The Ahmanson Foundation and Edward E. MacCrone Fund
Accession Number
2017.14.1
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 ...