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Entrance to the Giardino del Lago, Villa Borghese, Rome

1844
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 806
Palm, the foremost Swedish painter of neoclassical landscapes, studied in Rome from 1841 until 1851. He visited the gardens of the Villa Borghese often, as attested by this work as well as numerous dated sketches now in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. He did not consider his oil studies to be finished works, but when a selection was exhibited in Stockholm in 1850, the public responded enthusiastically.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Entrance to the Giardino del Lago, Villa Borghese, Rome
  • Artist: Gustav Wilhelm Palm (Swedish, Kristianstad 1810–1890 Stockholm)
  • Date: 1844
  • Medium: Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
  • Dimensions: 13 x 18 1/8 in. (33 x 46 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Thaw Collection, Jointly Owned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Morgan Library & Museum, Gift of Eugene V. Thaw, 2009
  • Object Number: 2009.400.91
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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