View of Rome Including St Peter's Basilica

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Drawing details

Artist: Formerly attributed to Leighton, Lord, Frederic (1830-1896), Baron of Stretton, P.R.A., painter and sculptor
Title: View of Rome Including St Peter's Basilica
Date: 1852-55
Media: Pencil and watercolour on white paper
Dimensions: 41.0 x 29.5 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0437 p.8
Inscriptions: Inscribed in German, lower right "Tasso's Eiche" in pencil, which translates as "Tasso's Oak Tree".

Interpretation

Tasso was a poet.

Description

Page from a sketchbook. A view of a landscape with St Peter's Basillica in the distance. A large oak tree dominates the foreground, framing the view with a set of steps rising to the left. Only the distant view is in watercolour. 

Provenance

Presented to Leighton House Museum by 1926