Ruins of the Palatine Hill
Born in Bruges, Suvée completed his artistic training in Paris, where in 1771 he won the Prix de Rome, beating out a young Jacques Louis David, five years his junior. As a student at the Académie de France in Rome, he made this accomplished study of the sun-drenched ruins on Palantine Hill. In both technique and conception, it echoes the landscape drawings of his predecessors, artists such as Hubert Robert who saw antiquity as a source of picturesque motifs and an inspiration for reverie.
Artwork Details
- Title: Ruins of the Palatine Hill
- Artist: Joseph Benoît Suvée (French, Bruges 1743–1807 Rome)
- Date: ca. 1772–76
- Medium: Red chalk
- Dimensions: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 20 3/16 in. (36.2 x 51.2 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Purchase, Guy Wildenstein Gift, 2012
- Object Number: 2012.240
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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