Study of Clouds over the Roman Campagna

Französische Malerei 1740–1787, vers 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.
Artiste
Französische Malerei 1740–1787
Datation
vers 1782/1785
Catégorie
Peinture
Technique
oil on paper on cardboard
Dimensions
overall (paper support): 19 × 32,1 cm
Collection
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licence
Domaine public, CC0

Description de l’image

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