View of Rome (c. 1782–84): Art, History and Details

View of Rome (c. 1782–84) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Pierre Henri de Valenciennes (French, 1750–1819).

The work and its context

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

This oil sketch showing St. Peter's Basilica in the distance was painted during the artist's stay in Rome, 1777–85. Its spontaneity and freshness is typical of the artist's outdoor paintings, in which he sought to capture the light and atmosphere of Rome.

Object facts

• Title: View of Rome
• Date: c. 1782–84
• Creator attribution: Pierre Henri de Valenciennes (French, 1750–1819)
• Culture: France
• Type: Painting
• Technique: oil on paper, mounted on board
• Dimensions: Framed: 30 x 49 x 4.5 cm (11 13/16 x 19 5/16 x 1 3/4 in.); Unframed: 19.5 x 39 cm (7 11/16 x 15 3/8 in.)
• Collection: P - French 18th Century
• Department: European Painting and Sculpture
• Accession number: 1970.55

Collection credit

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
• Talbot, William S. “Some French Landscapes: 1779-1842.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 65, no. 3 (March 1978): 75–91.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.

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