Study of Clouds over the Roman Campagna

Französische Malerei 1740–1787, c. 1782/1785

A sliver of land across the bottom of this composition gives way to a procession of puffy gray and white clouds sweeping up across a vivid blue, panoramic sky in this horizontal landscape painting. An area of darker gray beyond the brown land could be a valley, mountain, or shadows from the billowing clouds. About one-fifth of the way up the composition, the horizon glows the faintest peach. The clouds trundle from our left up and to our right. The view is loosely painted, especially in the land.
Artist
Französische Malerei 1740–1787
Date
c. 1782/1785
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on paper on cardboard
Dimensions
overall (paper support): 19 × 32.1 cm
Collection
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licence
Public domain, CC0

Image description

A sliver of land across the bottom of this composition gives way to a procession of puffy gray and white clouds sweeping up across a vivid blue, panoramic sky in this horizontal landscape painting. An area of darker gray beyond the brown land could be a valley, mountain, or shadows from the billowing clouds. About one-fifth of the way up the composition, the horizon glows the faintest peach. The clouds trundle from our left up and to our right. The view is loosely painted, especially in the land.

Französische Malerei 1740–1787