Roman Elegy
| Roman Elegy | |
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| Artist | Jacques Sablet |
| Year | 1791 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 61.7 cm × 74 cm (24.3 in × 29 in) |
| Location | Musée des Beaux-Arts, Brest |
Roman Elegy (French: Élégie romaine) is a 1791 oil painting by the Swiss artist Jacques Sablet.[1][2] It depicts two men in the Protestant Cemetery in Rome mourning over a friend's tomb. In the background is the Pyramid of Cestius while shepherds are shown tending their flock of sheep.[3] A conversation piece, it is distinctly Neoclassical in style although its mournful atmosphere reflects the emerging Romantic movement. The picture may feature a self-portrait of the artist along with his brother Jean-François Sablet. The title is a reference to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's series of poems Roman Elegies.[4] The painting is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Brest in Brittany.[5]
References
- ^ Luzzi p.58
- ^ Bowron & Rishel p.58-59
- ^ https://musee.brest.fr/oeuvres/elegie-romaine
- ^ Tarabra p.58
- ^ https://musee.brest.fr/oeuvres/elegie-romaine
Bibliography
- Bowron, Edgar Peters & Rishel, Joseph J. Art in Rome in the Eighteenth Century. Merrell, 2000.
- Luzzi, Joseph. Romantic Europe and the Ghost of Italy. Yale University Press, 2008.
- Tarabra, Daniela. European Art of the Eighteenth Century. Getty Publications, 2008