Sujet
View of the Acqua Acetosa (recto); David and Goliath (verso), c. 1645. Creator: Claude Lorrain (French, 1604-1682).
Légende
View of the Acqua Acetosa (recto); David and Goliath (verso), c. 1645. This drawing represents a view of the famous Acqua Acetosa, a mineral spring that until the 19th century provided the favored drinking water of Romans who believed in its healing powers. Although topographically accurate, the sheet is not a plein-air study but a vision of an imagined Arcadian world carefully rendered by Gellée, one of the most original painters of the 17th century. The French-born artist spent his career painting and drawing the Roman Campagna and the Neopolitan coastline. Sublimely beautiful pen-and-ink and wash drawings such as the example here reveal the artist's highly poetic response to the natural world and his unparalleled sensitivity to light.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19G18_305
Model release
NA
Property release
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
77,0Mo (6,8Mo) / 54,6cm x 35,4cm / 6447 x 4177 (300dpi)