Roman Landscape near Rocca di Papa
Medium
Pen and black and greyish brown ink, brush and brown ink, watercolor
Dimensions
sheet: 9 5/8 x 13 1/8 in. (24.4 x 33.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2011
Accession Number
2011.25
Tags
Art Historical Context
In 1866, artist Ernst Furchtegott Mohn created this evocative drawing of the Italian countryside near Rocca di Papa, a historic town in the Alban Hills south of Rome. The scene captures the region’s characteristic mix of rolling terrain, scattered buildings, and lush trees, reflecting the long-standing fascination that 19th European artists held for the Roman landscape as both a classical ideal and a source of fresh natural inspiration. Mohn worked in a delicate combination of pen and black and greyish-brown ink with brush-applied brown ink and watercolor. This mixed-media approach allowed hi...