1799
oil
canvas
From the collection of Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Monastery of Vallombrosa and the Arno Valley Seen from Paradisino is a 1799 oil by Louis Gauffier, a French Romanticism work, held at Philadelphia Museum of Art.
This painting shows a serene landscape with rolling hills and a valley in the distance. In the foreground, three men stand on a hill, looking out at the view. One of them points to something in the distance. The scene is peaceful, with trees and greenery covering the hills. A building with a red roof sits in the distance, surrounded by trees. The sky above is cloudy, with a few patches of blue showing through. The artist who painted this scene was Louis Gauffier.
Louis Gauffier (1762–1801) was a French painter. Born in Poitiers, he studied in Paris with the history painter Hughes Taraval before entering the Prix de Rome competition which he won in 1779 for Christ and the Woman…
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