Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Baths of Trajan by Haseltine

Baths of Trajan (Sette Sale, Villa Brancaccio, Rome),ca. 188215 x 22 inch gouache, watercolor, and charcoal on blue paper
William Stanley Haseltine's daughter, who donated this gouache painting to the Metropolitan Museum, described the villa as a favorite resort of the family and recalled joyful memories of her father sketching nearby ruins while the children played in the garden and the elders talked.
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2 comments:

  1. BevanJuly 16, 2019 at 4:02 PM

    It's all to easy to use White paper, but sometimes a toned paper really adds to the image. I love that dreary blue.

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  2. RichJuly 16, 2019 at 5:19 PM

    What a fine observation on the spot;
    also like the complementary orangeish tinted shadow part on the overall blueish toned paper.
    Spot on;-)

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