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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Cozens, John Robert Creator Nationality: European; British Creator Role: Artist Creator Dates/Places: 1752 - 1799 Gender: M Creator Name-CRT: John Robert Cozens Title: Italian Landscape Title Type: Primary Title: A River Landscape with Distant Mountains and Sea Title Type: alternate Title: Landscape Compostion with Italian and English Elements Title: An extensive Italian landscape, probably taken from the road to Velletri, south of Rome, with a distant view of the coast View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1790 Creation End Date: 1792 Creation Date: c. 1790-92 Object Type: Drawings and Watercolors Materials and Techniques: Watercolor over graphite Dimensions: Sheet: 48.7cm x 66.9cm AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA ID Number: 1997.137 Credit Line: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html Context: During the 18th century, views of Italy and the continent were in great demand among travelers. John Robert Cozens, who journeyed to Italy and Switzerland twice in his career, made pencil and wash sketches from which he later derived watercolors for various patrons. He often repeated works---some exist in eight or nine versions. The view in Italian Landscape is probably based on one of the sketches made on Cozen's second trip to Italy. It exists in only one version and, unlike many of the artist's watercolors, has escaped overexposure to light. The subtlety of the washes of gray, green, and blue (the artist preferred to limit himself to these colors) emphasizes the broad expanse of land and sky. Typical of Cozens's interest in representing universal themes, the subject is nature itself and humanity's small place within it.John Robert Cozens's watercolors became the basis of the romantic school of English landscape drawing. His renown comes from the grand simplicity of his compositions, which are based in reality rather than the imaginary or classical. A solitary and grave man, Cozens went mad in 1794. AMICA ID: CMA_.1997.137 AMICA Library Year: 1999 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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