Rocky Landscape with Hunters
1635
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1635
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Rocky Landscape with Hunters is a 1635 unspecified by Gaspard Dughet, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see two hunters in brown coats picking their way down a steep, rocky slope under a stormy sky. Dughet never left Rome, yet he painted this French-looking scene from memory or sketches. He was only 20 when he made it, already working in the shadow of his brother-in-law, Nicolas Poussin. If you like the way light and shadow play across these cliffs, look up chiaroscuro.
Dughet spent his whole career in Rome. At the age of fifteen he entered the studio of Nicolas Poussin (1593/94-1665), who married his sister. Dughet concentrated exclusively on landscapes, preferring a rugged type of scenery, widely imitated well into the 18th century.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Gaspard Dughet (1613–1675) was a French artist, born in Rome.
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