Ruins in the Alban Hills

Giovanni Costa (1826 - 1903)

Ashmolean Museum

circa 1855

View of Roman ruins, half way between a true sketch 'en plein air' and a piece finished enough to record the scene in some detail. Costa was one of the most important landscape painters in 19th century Italy. The work is from an important point when he began to exercise an influence over a number of English artists in Italy.

• Medium: oil on paper laid down on canvas
• Dimensions: 28.5 x 43.5cm
• Art Fund Grant: £6000 ( Total: £18,000)
• ArtFunded in: 2003
• Vendor: Daxter and Marschall

Provenance

Costa family collection; Daxter and Marschall.

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