1839
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
City of Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee, looking towards Hebron is a 1839 by David Roberts, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a rocky hillside with a group of people sitting and standing near the edge. Below them, a small town with white buildings hugs a curved shoreline. The water is calm, and distant mountains fade into a soft, cloudy sky. The artist painted the scene from a high vantage point, making the town look tiny against the vast landscape. The colors are muted, with earthy browns and blues blending into the distance. If you like this view, look up Romanticism to see how artists used landscapes to express big ideas.
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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