Harvesters on the Roman Campagna Artist: John Gadsby Chapman (American, 1808–1889)

1867

American Paintings and Sculpture

Not on view

Harvesters on the Roman Campagna is one of a series of harvesting images that John Gadsby Chapman painted during his forty-five-year residence in Italy. His earlier career as an illustrator in New York reveals itself here in the details of storytelling. Sensitively painted, using strong color and with well-drawn figures, the scene depicts Italian peasants bringing the wheat in from the fields, threshing it, sifting it, and preparing it for market. It was the kind of picture that Americans on the Grand Tour loved to acquire. The frame is original to the painting and depicts references to the harvest—tools, sifters, sheaths of wheat, and fruit.

Medium

Oil on canvas in an original frame

Dimensions

29 1/2 × 71 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (74.9 × 181.6 × 3.2 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Senator H. John Heinz III, B.A. 1960

Accession Number

1978.139

Geography

Made in New York, United States

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Paintings

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Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

landscapes (representations)

Subject

men mountains sky women workers

Signed

Signed lower center "JGC [monogram]/ ROMA/ 1867"

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