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| Landscape Composition: Italian Scenery |
By Joan K Yanni
Don't laugh at ads for
"sofa-size paintings." Our Thomas Cole, Landscape
Composition: Italian Scenery (71.37) was commissioned in
Florence in June, 1881, by American Rufus Lord who wanted a painting with
dimensions to suit the space above his parlor mantel. For the work Cole
used images seen in Italy during his residence there: castles, towers, trees,
and hills, a bucolic fantasy set among classical, overgrown ruins. Later Cole
painted a companion piece for Lord's second mantel: The Notch of the
White Mountains, now in the National Gallery in Washington.
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