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George Inness, Sr. (aka George Inness)
American, 1825–1894
In 1870, George Inness departed for his third trip to Europe, planning to remain there indefinitely. This journey was essentially a business arrangement in which he contracted with his Boston dealers, Williams & Everett, to provide paintings in exchange for a stipend. It was Inness’s responsibility to create works that would appeal to the popular market, and thus he chose to visit and depict tourist destinations around Rome—particularly Tivoli, Perugia and the Alban Hills.
The traditional title of this painting (A Glimpse of the Lake, Albano, Italy) associates it with Lake Albano, a small crater lake in the Alban Hills, about fifteen miles southeast of Rome. The Pope’s summer residence, Castel Gandolfo, is nearby and the hills were considered a refuge from the summer heat. In actuality, the painting represents a neighboring area, Vallericcia, with the town of Ariccia at the top of the hill on the viewer’s right. Inness scholar Michael Quick notes that “he [Inness] tried numerous novel viewpoints, often centered on neighboring Ariccia and probably not familiar to most tourists. Ariccia and its nearby park had been frequent subjects for European artists since the time of Claude but were painted by few American artists.”
American, 1825–1894
Albano, Italy
about 1874–1876
Object Type:
Painting
Dimensions:
18 1/4 x 26 3/8 in. (46.36 x 66.99 cm)
Medium and Support:
Oil on canvas
Accession Number:
2015.0016
Credit Line:
Gift of Babette L. Wampold in memory of Charles H. Wampold
In 1870, George Inness departed for his third trip to Europe, planning to remain there indefinitely. This journey was essentially a business arrangement in which he contracted with his Boston dealers, Williams & Everett, to provide paintings in exchange for a stipend. It was Inness’s responsibility to create works that would appeal to the popular market, and thus he chose to visit and depict tourist destinations around Rome—particularly Tivoli, Perugia and the Alban Hills.
The traditional title of this painting (A Glimpse of the Lake, Albano, Italy) associates it with Lake Albano, a small crater lake in the Alban Hills, about fifteen miles southeast of Rome. The Pope’s summer residence, Castel Gandolfo, is nearby and the hills were considered a refuge from the summer heat. In actuality, the painting represents a neighboring area, Vallericcia, with the town of Ariccia at the top of the hill on the viewer’s right. Inness scholar Michael Quick notes that “he [Inness] tried numerous novel viewpoints, often centered on neighboring Ariccia and probably not familiar to most tourists. Ariccia and its nearby park had been frequent subjects for European artists since the time of Claude but were painted by few American artists.”
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