1825
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Isola Bella, Lago Maggiore is a 1825 watercolor by David Roberts, a British Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a small boat stranded on a shallow shore, its tattered sail flopping open. Behind it, a wide lake stretches toward a row of pale buildings with arched windows. The water looks calm, and the whole scene is drawn in soft, watery blues and grays. The artist left some spots blank, like the sky, to keep focus on the boat and buildings. The loose brushstrokes make it feel quick and sketchy, almost like a travel note. Next, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
A watercolour by David Roberts depicts a view of Lake Maggiore in Italy.
Read the full account in the museum source.
David Roberts (24 October 1796 – 25 November 1864) was a Scottish painter. He is especially known for The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia, a prolific series of detailed lithograph prints of Egypt and…
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