Fountain in the Roman Campagna (Fontaine dans la campagna de Rome)

25: Fountain in the Roman Campagna (Fontaine dans la campagna de Rome)

Michel Dumas
Lyon 1812 - 1895 Lyon

Private collection
Rights held by: Private collection

After completing his studies in his hometown of Lyon, Dumas entered the studio of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, in 1834. In 1838, he joined Ingres in Rome and spent the next 16 years teaching art, copying Renaissance masterpieces, and submitting works to the Paris Salon. He returned to Paris and eventually to Lyon, where he was appointed director of the city’s École des Beaux-Arts in 1878.

Text written and researched by Michelle Bird National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.

Oil on canvas, mounted on wood panel
12.1 × 30.3 cm

Created: Circa 1838 - 1840