1746
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Landscape near Rome, with a cistern in the foreground is a 1746 by Cozens, a Baroque work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a quiet landscape with a big tree in the center, its branches spreading wide. In the foreground, there’s a curved stone wall and a small dome-shaped building. The ground has a mix of grass, bushes, and a few scattered rocks. The artist used lots of thin, crisscrossed lines to create shadows and texture. The drawing looks like it was made quickly, focusing more on shapes and light than details. The dome in the distance gives a sense of a distant town or ruin. Next, check out the technique: cross-hatching to see how artists build depth with lines.
A pen and ink drawing depicts a landscape near Rome, featuring a cistern prominently in the foreground, and is signed with the artist's monogram and dated.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Cozens is an English surname. Following the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, the name Cozens was first found in Britina. It was a name for a person who was related to someone of note in the area. Further research…
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