# View of Rome, in Neoclassicism

Pierre Henri de Valenciennes painted this in about 1782–84, aged about 32. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

From the museum's label:

> This oil sketch showing St. Peter's Basilica in the distance was painted during the artist's stay in Rome, 1777–85. Its spontaneity and freshness is typical of the artist's outdoor paintings, in which he sought to capture the light and atmosphere of Rome.

_Text from the Cleveland Museum of Art._

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## The work

- Date: c. 1782–84
- Medium: oil on paper, mounted on board
- Dimensions: Framed: 30 x 49 x 4.5 cm (11 13/16 x 19 5/16 x 1 3/4 in.); Unframed: 19.5 x 39 cm (7 11/16 x 15 3/8 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1970.55
- 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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