View of Santa Scolastica in Subiaco

21: View of Santa Scolastica in Subiaco

Achille-Etna Michallon
Paris 1796 - 1822 Paris

2011-S.18: Fondation Custodia
Rights held by: Fondation Custodia, Collection Frits Lugt, Paris

When Michallon died of pneumonia at age 25, he was considered the most promising landscape painter of his generation. He was born the son of a sculptor, began drawing lessons at eight, and studied under Jacques-Louis David and Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris. He debuted at the Salon in 1812, at the age of 16 and was the first recipient of the Prix de Rome for historical landscape in 1817, which allowed him to study in Rome. There, he met François-Marius Granet and Johann Christian Clausen Dahl, among others, and when he returned to Paris, he opened a teaching studio attended by Camille Corot.

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

Oil on paper, mounted on canvas
43.4 × 29.2 cm

Created: 1818