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Rome from the Via Sistina

Drawing
1839 (made)
Artist/Maker
Palmer (artist)
Place of origin
Rome (made)

Claudian landscape view of the domes and hills of Rome seen at sunset. In the left foreground is a small group of figures, one on horseback, with a group of trees overlooking a lake at right.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleRome from the Via Sistina (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and pencil on paper
Watercolour
Pencil
Paper
Painting
Wash Technique
Drawing
Brief description
Watercolour drawing by Samuel Palmer, 'Rome from the Via Sistina', 1839.
Physical description
Claudian landscape view of the domes and hills of Rome seen at sunset. In the left foreground is a small group of figures, one on horseback, with a group of trees overlooking a lake at right.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27.3cm
  • Width: 49.8cm
Taken from the dimensions given in the Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of the Prints, Drawings, Paintings & Photographs Collections and converted from inches to centimetres.
Style
English Romantic
Credit line
Given by Mrs J. Merrick Head
Subjects depicted
Landscape
Cities
Sunset
Place depicted
Rome
Bibliographic references
  • Lister, Raymond. Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Samuel Palmer. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. 279p, ill (b&w). ISBN 0521344557. catalogue no.331, p.132.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1900-1919

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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