Carlo Labruzzi
Italian, 1748-1818
A View from the Palatine Hill, Rome, the Alban Hills in the Distance
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Carlo Labruzzi
Italian, 1748-1818c. 1775
A View from the Palatine Hill, Rome, the Alban Hills in the Distance
Carlo Labruzzi Italian, 1748-1818 →paperwatercolor
Date
c. 1775
Medium
Watercolor, over graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on white laid paper, folded
Dimensions
Primary support, folded: 31.1 × 53.1 cm (12 1/4 × 20 15/16 in.); Primary support, unfolded: 37.4 × 53.1 cm (14 3/4 × 20 15/16 in.); Secondary support, folded: 33.8 × 63.1 cm (13 5/16 × 24 7/8 in.); Secondary support, unfolded: 41.3 × 63.1 cm (16 5/16 × 24 7/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Margaret Day Blake Fund
From a group of recently discovered watercolors, this sweeping view from the Palatine Hill renders the
topography of Rome in a cool but fresh color palette. Working en plein air (outdoors, looking at the scene), Labruzzi was a leader for foreign watercolorists in Italy. This panorama is one of the broadest and most spontaneous of the many views that he made of the Appian Way, the ancient paved route from Rome to the Adriatic Sea.
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