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Richard Cooper II

Near Tivoli

Maker

Richard Cooper II (British, 1740-after 1814)

Title

Near Tivoli

Year

1770-1814

Medium

  • pen and ink,
  • brush and wash,
  • and watercolor over graphite on laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • pen and ink,
  • brush and wash,
  • and watercolor over graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 35.2 x 63.5 cm (13 7/8 x 25 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

2005.142.77

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Exhibition History

Distant Climes
18th-Century British Views of Italy
Sep 01, 2011 – Jun 03, 2012

Label copy

Richard Cooper’s view of ruins near Tivoli is decidedly generalized, relying heavily on the compositional formulae established by 17th-century artists Claude Lorrain and Nicolas Poussin. Like his predecessors, he presents the landscape as a perfect harmony of forms within the rectangle of the picture frame. Yet true to his own century, Cooper is sure to identify his scene-albeit vaguely-with the many actual ruins tourists encountered on their way to Tivoli. Cooper used his brush like a pencil, modeling his forms with hatched lines as opposed to brushing on color in fluid washes.

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Richard Cooper II (British, 1740-after 1814)
Near Tivoli, 1770-1814
Pen and ink, brush and wash, and watercolor over graphite on laid paper
Image: 35.2 x 63.5 cm (13 7/8 x 25 inches)
Anonymous gift 2005.142.77

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