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The Roman Campagna

John Gadsby Chapman

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Roman Campagna by John Gadsby Chapman: A large, grayscale painting of a rural Italian landscape. A stone bridge or tunnel entrance on the left. A man on horseback leads a herd of many white sheep through grass, another man walking behind. A lone figure stands on top of a stack of stones beside the bridge. Mountains in the background under a cloudy sky.

Artwork details

Date:
1864
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
599 × 363 px
Museum record:
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