Landscape with Castle and Shepherds (1814): Art, History and Details

Landscape with Castle and Shepherds (1814) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Achille Etna Michallon (French, 1796–1822).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This landscape illustrates the sublime beauty of nature, a Romantic concept, but it also reflects the importance of classical training in Rome. Throughout the 19th century, artists flocked to Italy to study classical ruins and themes, as well as landscapes. Here, the castle evokes Northern Italian fortresses, and in the tradition of other French artists traveling to Rome, Michallon imbued his rendering of the Alps with great emotion.

Object facts

• Title: Landscape with Castle and Shepherds
• Date: 1814
• Creator attribution: Achille Etna Michallon (French, 1796–1822)
• Culture: France, 19th century
• Type: Drawing
• Technique: brown ink and brown wash over graphite, heightened with white gouache
• Dimensions: Sheet: 18.8 x 27 cm (7 3/8 x 10 5/8 in.)
• Collection: DR - French
• Department: Drawings
• Accession number: 1994.112

Collection credit

Gift of Members of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of the Club's seventy-fifth anniversary

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