Landscape
Medium
Black chalk, highlighted with white gouache on blue paper, faded to blue-brown
Dimensions
7-9/16 x 10-1/4 in. (19.2 x 26 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
Accession Number
80.3.394
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite 17th-century landscape drawing, attributed to an anonymous artist from the Roman-Bolog school, captures the rugged beauty of the Italian countryside with trees dominating the composition. Created using black chalk heightened with white gouache on paper—now faded to a subtle blue-brown—the work exemplifies the preparatory sketches prized by Baroque-era artists. At 7-9/16 x 10-1/4 inches, its intimate scale invites close contemplation, revealing masterful use of light and shadow to evoke depth and atmosphere. The Roman-Bolognese style blends the dramatic grandeur of Roman landsca...