View of the Road from Cascatelles to Tivoli
Claude Thienon
1817
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 17.5 × 25.5 cm (6 15/16 × 10 1/16 in.); Sheet: 26.8 × 35.7 cm (10 9/16 × 14 1/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
39936
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Many early-19th-century artists traveled to Italy to immerse themselves in the countryside and paint or draw ruins. Claude Thiénon worked in Italy from 1805 to 1819, producing many works, including this view of a picturesque road outside of Rome.