A Sunny Street at Tivoli

Thorald Læssøe

1846 · Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite · Drawings and Prints

Læssøe enrolled at the Royal Academy in 1834, but did not regularly attend classes; he is also known to have been tutored by Christen Købke for a short time. Living abroad in Rome, where he moved in 1844, Læssøe made drawings and paintings that demonstrate his passion for his adopted land. This wash drawing is a study of light and shade and shows a meticulously rendered, narrow and imperfect street in Tivoli, a town just outside Rome, baked by the sun.

Artist

Thorald Læssøe

Date

1846

Medium

Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2015