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Source Description
This landscape illustrates the sublime beauty of nature, a Romantic concept, but it also reflects
the importance of classical training in Rome. Throughout the 19th century, artists flocked to Italy to study classical ruins and themes, as well as landscapes. Here, the castle evokes Northern Italian fortresses, and in the tradition of other French artists traveling to Rome, Michallon imbued his rendering of the Alps with great emotion.
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Document identity
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157235
label
Landscape with Castle and Shepherds
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obj
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drawing
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Source metadata
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157235
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drawing
title
Landscape with Castle and Shepherds
description
This landscape illustrates the sublime beauty of nature, a Romantic concept, but it also reflects
the importance of classical training in Rome. Throughout the 19th century, artists flocked to Italy to study classical ruins and themes, as well as landscapes. Here, the castle evokes Northern Italian fortresses, and in the tradition of other French artists traveling to Rome, Michallon imbued his rendering of the Alps with great emotion.
date
1814
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q79947735
creators
13546
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 18.8 x 27 cm (7 3/8 x 10 5/8 in.)
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France, 19th century
accession
1994.112
Source extras
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brown ink and brown wash over graphite, heightened with white gouache
tombstone
Landscape with Castle and Shepherds, 1814. Achille Etna Michallon (French, 1796–1822). Brown ink and brown wash over graphite, heightened with white gouache ; sheet: 18.8 x 27 cm (7 3/8 x 10 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Members of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of the Club's seventy-fifth anniversary, 1994.112
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light brown wove paper
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DR - French
inscriptions
inscription
signed, lower left, in brown wash: Michallon Rome / 181[9?]
creditline
Gift of Members of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of the Club's seventy-fifth anniversary
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2026-05-29 08:11:09.168000
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157235
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DR - French
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brown ink and brown wash over graphite, heightened with white gouache
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male
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1
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photo
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