# Roman Elegy

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## Artwork

- Artist: [SABLET, Jacques Henri](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sablet-jacques-henri-rc27326e3083fd4>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas

## Commentary

The Swiss painter Jacques Henri Sablet interpreted the myth of antiquity with an almost proto-romantic sensitivity. In his painting entitled Roman Elegy he depicted a powerfully evocative nocturne with a pyramid and two sophisticated gentlemen dressed in black. The title is clearly a tribute to Goethe&#39;s Roman Elegies.

## Attribution

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