The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 13, 2025

Landscape with Castle and Shepherds

1814

Achille Etna Michallon

(French, 1796–1822)
France, 19th century
brown ink and brown wash over graphite, heightened with white gouache
Sheet: 18.8 x 27 cm (7 3/8 x 10 5/8 in.)
Gift of Members of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of the Club's seventy-fifth anniversary 1994.112
Location: Not on view

Description

This landscape illustrates the sublime beauty of nature, a Romantic concept, but it also reflects the importance of classical training in Rome. Throughout the 19th century, artists flocked to Italy to study classical ruins and themes, as well as landscapes. Here, the castle evokes Northern Italian fortresses, and in the tradition of other French artists traveling to Rome, Michallon imbued his rendering of the Alps with great emotion.
  • [David and Constance Yates]
  • French Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995).
    CMA, French Drawings from the Collection (Dec. 13, 1994-Mar. 12, 1995).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1994.112