Etienne Allegrain was a landscape painter and a member of the Académie who produced a number of works for the royal palaces. He was heavily influenced by the work of Claude Lorrain and Nicholas Poussin, the most important landscape painters of 17th century France. This painting is executed in their manner with a carefully worked out foreground, middle ground and background. The exact subject matter is not known, but the Classical temple on the hill on the right suggests that it is set in Classical Greece or Rome.
- TitleClassical landscape with figures and ruins
- Object numberB.M.338
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- Production placeFrance
- Production period17th - 18th century
- School/styleFrench
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- Dimensions
- Length: 114.6 cm
- Width: 162.4 cm
- Length: With frame 143 cm
- Width: With frame 189 cm
- Depth: With frame 11 cm