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- Artist
- Carl Johann Friedrich Adolf Rötteken
(German, 1831 - 1900) - Title
- Italian Village
- Date
- ca. 1870s
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 40 x 62 in. Overall
- Credit
- Gift of Charles R. Crane
- Accession No.
- 15.1.4
- Classification
- Paintings
- Geography
- Germany
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Purchased by Paul S. Reinsch (Madison, WI); by 1915, sold to Charles R. Crane (Chicago, IL); 1915, gifted to the University of Wisconsin-Madison; 1967, transferred to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]
- Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin/Annual Report 1989-1991." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1991. p. 58
- Madison Art Association. "Collection of Paintings Owned by Paul S. Reinsch: Exhibition in the State Historical Library Building." Madison, WI: Madison Art Association, 1912. p. 10, no. 107
- Collection of Paintings Owned by Paul S. Reinsch: The Madison Art Association, 9/26/1912–10/24/1912
This painting shows a sun-drenched landscape featuring a village nestled on a hillside. In the foreground, a path winds toward the village. Several figures and a donkey walk along this path. The figures are dressed in traditional clothing, including long skirts, white headscarves, and tunics paired with wide-brimmed hats. The path is lined on both sides by a stone wall, a section of which is crumbling with age near the foreground. To the right of the path lies a steep, rocky hill of brown rock. The path crosses a stone bridge that curves around a massive, leafy tree that dominates the right side of the painting. The village itself is built into the side of a hill on the left. It consists of white and light-colored rectangular buildings topped with red-brown tiled roofs. In the distance, a white church bell tower rises above the other structures. The village is surrounded by wild green vegetation and several cypress trees. Behind the village, a large mountain range looms, fading into the distance against a hazy, blue and yellow sky. The entire scene, including the landscape and buildings, is bathed in a soft, golden light, suggesting either sunrise or sunset.
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