Landscape with Fishermen
Gaspard Dughet
17th century
Medium
Black chalk
Dimensions
12 13/16 x 20 in. (32.6 x 50.8 cm.)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Jill Newhouse Gift, 2001
Accession Number
2001.540
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
MenFishingLandscapesTrees
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 ...