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The image depicts a landscape with a rocky hillside leading to a castle-like structure. The drawing shows the elevated view with the horizon high up, blending a hill into the sky. The stone structures include towers, suggesting an old fortress. The sketchy brushstrokes and loose execution give a quick appearance. The color palette is primarily sepia, creating an antique atmosphere, with darker tones for shadows and lighter washes for highlights defining the hills and buildings. Surrounding the castle are dense foliage and rugged terrain.
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The image depicts a landscape with a rocky hillside leading to a castle-like structure. The drawing shows the elevated view with the horizon high up, blending a hill into the sky. The stone structures include towers, suggesting an old fortress. The sketchy brushstrokes and loose execution give a quick appearance. The color palette is primarily sepia, creating an antique atmosphere, with darker tones for shadows and lighter washes for highlights defining the hills and buildings. Surrounding the castle are dense foliage and rugged terrain.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A View of Savelli near Albano

Jan de Bisschop

Medium
brush and brown ink with touches of gray and yellow wash
Dimensions
Overall: 9.6 x 15.9 cm (3 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.) support: 18.4 x 25.3 cm (7 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1976.40.1
Credit line
Andrew W. Mellon Fund
Time span
1601 to 1650
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Dutch
  • Landscape
  • Italy
  • landscape
  • Savelli
Provenance

(P&D Colnaghi, London) from 1971; sold 1976 to the National Gallery of Art

Inscription

upper left: Savelli [by?] Albano; lower left verso on old mount: N.1266?; on attachment: Savelli by Albano; lower right verso: 50

NGA object ID 55826. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.