Artwork
The School of Rome
The School of Rome is an ink drawing by the Romanticist artist Felice Giani. It dates from 1795 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
About this work
Overview
The drawing titled The School of Rome was executed by the Italian artist Felice Giani around the year 1795. It is a work on laid paper that combines pen and ink with a wash applied over a chalk underdrawing, reflecting the artist’s practice in drawing media of the late eighteenth century.
Technique & Style
Giani employed a combination of pen and ink lines together with a watercolor wash, both laid atop a preliminary chalk sketch. This layered approach on laid paper allowed for a range of tonal values and precise delineation, characteristic of academic drawing techniques prevalent among artists trained in the Roman artistic milieu of the period.
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