Currently not on view
Sunset near St. Peter's, Rome (or Sunset on the Tiber),
ca. 1871
George Inness, 1825–1894; born Newburgh, NY; died Bridge of Allan, Scotland
y1982-12
Inness painted several distant views of St. Peter’s Basilica, beginning with a watercolor study executed on site in 1851-52. The undated Sunset near St. Peter's, Rome (or Sunset on the Tiber) relates closely to a later, 1871 portrayal of the commanding structure seen during daytime from a similar vantage point across the Tiber River, suggesting an approximate date for this evening scene, which would have been completed in the artist’s studio.
Information
Title
Sunset near St. Peter's, Rome (or Sunset on the Tiber)
Dates
ca. 1871
Maker
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
41 x 61 cm (16 1/8 x 24 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Hugh Trumbull Adams, Class of 1935
Object Number
y1982-12
Place Depicted
Vatican City, Vatican City, St. Peter's Basilica
Signatures
Signed, lower right: G. Inness
Culture
Type
- LeRoy Ireland, The works of George Inness: an illustrated catalgue raisonné, (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1965)., no. 531
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1982", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 42, no. 1 (1983): p. 50-70., p. 67
- Barbara T. Ross, "Nineteenth-century American landscape paintings: nine recent acquisitions", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 44, no. 1 (1985): p. 4-13., p. 13, fig. 18
- Allen Rosenbaum and Francis F. Jones, Selections from The Art Museum, Princeton University, (Princeton, NJ: The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1986), p. 29 (illus.)
