Caption

Villa di grotte di Cervara, Cervara di Roma, Campania, Italy; Arthur Blaschnik 1823–1918, draughtsman; drawing, 1855; subject: ruins, grottoes, landscapes; dimensions: 28.5 × 44.3 cm; German drawings; former German property; travels; Roman/Italian scenes., A pencil drawing on beige paper showing a rocky landscape with a group of cliffs and boulders in the middle foreground, surrounded by grassy slopes and low vegetation; a winding path or dry stream bed runs through the lower area toward the rocks; a few small shrubs and taller plants appear near the foreground edges; gentle rolling hills extend across the middle ground and into the distant horizon, with a solitary small tree or bush visible on a distant hill; the palette consists of beige paper with gray pencil lines and shading, creating tonal variations of gray on beige.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A32_437

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Rights managed

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65.4Mb (2.8Mb) / 20.0in x 12.7in / 6000 x 3807 (300dpi)

Keywords

Villa di grotte di Cervara Cervara di Roma Campania Italy Arthur Blaschnik 1823–1918 draughtsman drawing 1855 subject ruins grottoes landscapes dimensions German drawings former German property travels Roman Italian scenes pencil drawing beige paper showing rocky landscape group cliffs boulders middle foreground surrounded grassy slopes low vegetation winding path dry stream bed runs lower area rocks small shrubs taller plants near foreground edges gentle rolling hills extend across middle ground distant horizon solitary small tree bush visible distant hill palette consists beige paper gray pencil lines shading creating tonal variations gray beige.