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Source Description
George Stillman Hillard wrote of Lake Albano in "Six Months in Italy," Boston, 1856, p. 403:"This lake is one of the most beautiful sheets of water in Italy or anywhere else. It is about six miles in circumference and fills up the crater of an extinguished volcano. Its form is nearly circular and its outline as symmetrical as if shaped by the hand of art...A landscape painter might study here to great advantage to important elements of his art- the character of foliage, and the effects of shadows upon water."Pastina has observed these features in this small, oval painting of the scenic view. The spandrels created by the oval format on the rectangular canvas have been painted gold.
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Document identity
localId
33290
label
View of Castel Gandolfo
core
obj
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drawing
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
33290
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
View of Castel Gandolfo
description
George Stillman Hillard wrote of Lake Albano in "Six Months in Italy," Boston, 1856, p. 403:"This lake is one of the most beautiful sheets of water in Italy or anywhere else. It is about six miles in circumference and fills up the crater of an extinguished volcano. Its form is nearly circular and its outline as symmetrical as if shaped by the hand of art...A landscape painter might study here to great advantage to important elements of his art- the character of foliage, and the effects of shadows upon water."Pastina has observed these features in this small, oval painting of the scenic view. The spandrels created by the oval format on the rectangular canvas have been painted gold.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1860
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
paintings
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
39.3
height
46
dimensionsRaw
H: 15 1/2 x W: 18 1/8 in. (39.3 x 46 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Inscription] On reverse in ink: Lago di Castelgandolfi Pastina
med
oil on canvas
creator_ids
34266
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
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1
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0
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photo
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22b912ee457d2eda