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An Italianate Capriccio Landscape

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This serene landscape transports you into a peaceful Italianate countryside, imbued with a dreamy capriccio spirit that blends reality with imagination. A winding dirt path leads the viewer’s eye from the shadowy foreground—where a figure guides oxen hauling a cart—towards a spacious, open vista of distant hills and soft, rolling water. The artist balances natural elements with architectural forms, as seen in the classical rotunda perched atop the rocky outcrop on the right, lending a hint of antiquity and romantic idealism to the scene. The composition is masterful; large, textured trees frame the left side, their lush foliage contrasting against the delicate pastel sky flooded with diffused light and airy clouds.

An Italianate Capriccio Landscape

Paul Sandby

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3030 × 2152 px
410 × 290 mm

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