1845
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Voyages pittoresques et romantiques dans l'ancienne France. Bretagne: Abbaye de Relec is a 1845 by Eugène Ciceri, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This image shows an old church and ruins in the background, with crumbling stone walls and arched doorways. In the foreground, a group of sheep grazes on a dirt path, while a dog lies resting nearby. The sky is light, and the whole scene has a soft, sketchy look. The artist focused on decaying buildings mixed with everyday life, like animals in a quiet village. This style was common in Romanticism, where artists often showed nature and history together. Look up Romanticism to see more works like this one.
Étienne Eugène Cicéri (27 January 1813 – 20 April 1890) was a French painter, illustrator, engraver and theatrical designer.
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