Roman Landscape
1601 to 1650
Medium
etching
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1974.54.3
Art Historical Context
Gaspard Dughet’s *Roman Landscape* captures the timeless allure of the Italian countryside during the Baroque era. Active in Rome in the first half of the seventeenth century, Dughet specialized in idealized views that blended observed nature with classical harmony. His works often evoke the gentle hills, ancient ruins, and luminous skies of the Roman Campagna, reflecting a period when artists and travelers alike celebrated the region’s layered history and pastoral beauty. Executed as an etching, the print medium allowed Dughet’s compositions to reach a wider audience beyond the walls of priv...
About the Artist
Gaspard Dughet · 1615–1675
He was famed as a distinguished landscape painter working in Rome in the 17th century, painting decorative frescoes and easel paintings for major Roman patrons, including Pope Innocent X and the Colonna family. He is linked to a new genre of landscape, the storm scene, however his most characteristic works depict the beauty of the scenery around Rome, particularly near Tivoli. He was particularly ...