Landscape near Rome during a Storm
Denis painted the majority of his informal nature studies out of doors. Notations on the back of this example, however, indicate that he based it on a drawing that he had previously made in the countryside near Rome while observing the phenomenon of passing rain accompanied by a rainbow. The horses and rider fleeing the storm are a motif borrowed from the seventeenth-century painter Nicolas Poussin.
Artwork Details
- Title: Landscape near Rome during a Storm
- Artist: Simon Denis (Flemish, Antwerp 1755–1813 Naples)
- Date: ca. 1786–1806
- Medium: Oil on paper
- Dimensions: 9 1/4 x 14 1/8 in. (23.5 x 35.9 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Thaw Collection, Jointly Owned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Morgan Library & Museum, Gift of Eugene V. Thaw, 2009
- Object Number: 2009.400.41
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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ca. 1786–1806
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ca. 1786–1806
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ca. 1786–1806
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