Italian Landscape
1635
oil
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1635
oil
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Italian Landscape is a 1635 oil by Gaspard Dughet, a Baroque work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows rolling green hills under a bright sky. Thick clouds gather at the top while sunlight breaks through below. The trees near the water look dark against the light. Dughet painted this during a trip up the Italian peninsula. He often worked fast, using brisk brushstrokes to keep skies alive. The hills feel close enough to walk into. His style was lighter than Poussin’s darker landscapes. Try looking up Dughet, Gaspard next.
This painting by Gaspard Dughet depicts two pastoral figures dressed in classical attire walking along a path in a wooded landscape dominated by slender trees. In the foreground, a town nestled in mountainous terrain is visible. The work exemplifies Dughet's early style, characterized by a cool, silvery tonality and influenced by Nicolas Poussin's classical approach to landscape painting.
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Gaspard Dughet (1613–1675) was a French artist, born in Rome.
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