Italian Landscape with the Tiber River and Men with Cattle and a Boat
Medium
Graphite; framing lines in graphite
Dimensions
sheet: 11 13/16 x 18 1/8 in. (30 x 46 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2006
Accession Number
2006.330
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the sunlit expanse of Friedrich Preller the Elder's *Italian Landscape with the Tiber River and Men with Cattle a Boat* (1873), visitors are transported to the timeless beauty of Italy's countryside. This delicate graphite drawing captures a pastoral scene along the Tiber River, where men tend cattle and a boat glides on the water, evoking the quiet harmony of rural life. Rendered on a sheet measuring 11 13/16 x 18 1/8 inches, the work's framing lines in graphite suggest as a thoughtful study, highlighting Preller's keen observation of light, texture, and composition. A prominent 19th-cent...