Imaginary View of the Roman "Campagna"  1720

[i]Workshop of Jan Frans van Bloemen[/i] [br]The Flemish painter Jan Frans van Bloemen was one of many northern artists who settled in Rome and specialized in landscape painting. The Roman "campagna" was the countryside around Rome, and, in the background of this scene, the Sabine hills can be seen. Figures talk in the foreground; further back, sheep graze. Evoking the moo...