Landscape with a Herdsman and Goats
Gaspard Dughet
c. 1635
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
68 × 120.4 cm (26 3/4 × 47 7/16 in.); Framed: 78.8 × 130.9 × 9.6 cm (31 × 51 1/2 × 3 3/4 in.)
Classification
oil on canvas
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
45829
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 ...