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
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 ...