1766
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Innocence is a 1766 by Domenico Cunego, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This print shows a young woman standing in a landscape. She’s draped in a long, flowing cloth over one shoulder, with her other arm resting across her chest. Behind her, a sheep grazes near bushes and trees, while a distant village sits on rolling hills. The woman’s calm pose and the quiet countryside suggest a peaceful, almost dreamy scene. The artist used strong contrasts between light and dark to shape her figure and the background. Look up chiaroscuro next to see how this lighting technique works.
Domenico Cunego was an Italian printmaker. The engravings he made depicting Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling, published in Gavin Hamilton's Schola Italica Picturae (1773), were an important source for the artists of his time.
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