# Study of Clouds over the Roman Campagna, in Pierre Henri de Valenciennes

Pierre Henri de Valenciennes painted this in about 1782/1785, aged about 32. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Our note:

> A procession of grey and white clouds sweeps across a vivid blue sky above a thin strip of land, painted quickly in oil on paper.

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## The work

- Date: c. 1782/1785
- Medium: oil on paper on cardboard
- Dimensions: overall (paper support): 19 x 32.1 cm (7 1/2 x 12 5/8 in.) overall (paperboard support): 19.6 x 33 cm (7 11/16 x 13 in.) framed: 30.5 x 43.2 x 2.1 cm (12 x 17 x 13/16 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.23.1
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Pierre Henri de Valenciennes](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/pierre-henri-de-valenciennes), French, 1750–1819

Valenciennes was the leading theorist of French historical landscape.

4 works in the collection.

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