Opus 24: Rome, from the Campagna, Sunset

Opus 24: Rome, from the Campagna, Sunset
Artist	Thomas Moran
Year	1867 (1867)
Dimensions	63.5 cm × 114.6 cm (25.0 in × 45.1 in)
Location	Timken Museum of Art, San Diego

Opus 24: Rome, from the Campagna, Sunset is an 1867 oil painting on canvas by Thomas Moran.[1] It is one of 42 paintings Moran included on his "Opus List", a list of the paintings he viewed as his finest work.[2]

Background and composition

From June 1866 to May 1867, Moran visited Europe, a trip that included several weeks in the Campagna region of Italy.[2] During his time in the Campagna, Moran drew multiple sketches of the local landscape.[3] One such sketch, titled Rome near the Claudian Aqueduct, is thought to have been Moran's reference for the final painting.[2]

Opus 24 was one of Moran's first works to be completed after he returned to the United States in 1867.[2][4]

Provenance

Opus 24 is first known to have been sold in the 1880s, when Moran sold the painting for $75 (equivalent to $2,368 in 2023). In 2005, a relative of the original buyer donated the painting to the Timken Museum of Art in San Diego.[2]

References

1. "Collection: Opus 24: Rome, from the Campagna, Sunset". Timken Museum of Art. Archived from the original on September 24, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
2. Cartwright, Derrick R. (October 28, 2020). "Work of the Week: Thomas Moran, Opus 24: Rome, from the Campagna, Sunset, 1867". Timken Museum of Art. Archived from the original on May 28, 2023. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
3. Wilkins, p. 61.
4. Wilkins, p. 68.

Sources

• Wilkins, Thurman. Thomas Moran: Artist of the Mountains. University of Oklahoma Press, 1998.