Landscape with Figures on the Bank of a River
Gaspard Dughet
17th century
Medium
Red chalk
Dimensions
11 x 16 7/16 in. (28 x 41.8 cm.)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Didier Aaron Inc. Gift, 2003
Accession Number
2003.2
Tags
RiversLandscapesTreesHuman Figures
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 ...