Opus 24: Rome, from the Campagna, Sunset

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Opus 24: Rome, from the Campagna, Sunset
Opus 24' Rome, from the Campagna, Sunset - Thomas Moran.JPG
Artist Thomas Moran
Year1867 (1867)
Dimensions63.5 cm× 114.6 cm(25.0 in× 45.1 in)
Location Timken Museum of Art, San Diego

Opus 24: Rome, from the Campagna, Sunset is an 1867 oil painting on canvas by Thomas Moran. [1] It is one of 42 paintings Moran included on his "Opus List", a list of the paintings he viewed as his finest work. [2]

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Background and composition

From June 1866 to May 1867, Moran visited Europe, a trip that included several weeks in the Campagna region of Italy. [2] During his time in the Campagna, Moran drew multiple sketches of the local landscape. [3] One such sketch, titled Rome near the Claudian Aqueduct, is thought to have been Moran's reference for the final painting. [2]

Opus 24 was one of Moran's first works to be completed after he returned to the United States in 1867. [2] [4]

Provenance

Opus 24 is first known to have been sold in the 1880s, when Moran sold the painting for $75(equivalent to $2,444 in 2024). In 2005, a relative of the original buyer donated the painting to the Timken Museum of Art in San Diego. [2]

References

  1. "Collection: Opus 24: Rome, from the Campagna, Sunset". Timken Museum of Art. Archived from the original on September 24, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Cartwright, Derrick R. (October 28, 2020). "Work of the Week: Thomas Moran, Opus 24: Rome, from the Campagna, Sunset, 1867". Timken Museum of Art. Archived from the original on May 28, 2023. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  3. Wilkins, p. 61.
  4. Wilkins, p. 68.

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