Italianate Landscape with Church on Cliff
Gaspard Dughet
n.d.
Medium
Black chalk, heightened with traces of white chalk, on blue laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Dimensions
27.2 × 42 cm (10 3/4 × 16 9/16 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
95647
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 ...