# Rome: Study of Clouds

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VALENCIENNES, Pierre-Henri de](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/valenciennes-pierre-henri-de-raf9d782c645853>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on paper mounted on board, 24 x 39 cm

## Commentary

Valenciennes made several landscape studies \(oil on paper\) during his stay in Rome between 1777 and 1785. The aim of these studies was to prepare the classical landscapes to be painted in the artist&#39;s studio.

## Related artworks

- [Arcadian Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/valenciennes-pierre-henri-de-raf9d782c645853/arcadian-landscape-r61a997b7a6726e>)
- [Arcadian Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/valenciennes-pierre-henri-de-raf9d782c645853/arcadian-landscape-r9490af87d54507>)
- [Classical Greek Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/valenciennes-pierre-henri-de-raf9d782c645853/classical-greek-landscape-r3b902828181de2>)
- [Farm-buildings at the Villa Farnese: the Two Poplar Trees](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/valenciennes-pierre-henri-de-raf9d782c645853/farm-buildings-at-the-villa-farnese-the-two-poplar-trees-rf95257cf6ccec4>)
- [Figures in a Classical Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/valenciennes-pierre-henri-de-raf9d782c645853/figures-in-a-classical-landscape-r9486d9c58f8c7c>)
- [Ideal Classical Landscape with Washerwomen around a Fountain](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/valenciennes-pierre-henri-de-raf9d782c645853/ideal-classical-landscape-with-washerwomen-around-a-fountain-r3c8625cfd567b6>)
- [Storm by a Lake](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/valenciennes-pierre-henri-de-raf9d782c645853/storm-by-a-lake-r0564e77ee1d56e>)
- [Study of Clouds over the Roman Campagna](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/valenciennes-pierre-henri-de-raf9d782c645853/study-of-clouds-over-the-roman-campagna-r55ae557fe091cf>)
- [The Ancient City of Agrigento](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/valenciennes-pierre-henri-de-raf9d782c645853/the-ancient-city-of-agrigento-r4bd90b363b53af>)
- [View of Rome in the Morning](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/valenciennes-pierre-henri-de-raf9d782c645853/view-of-rome-in-the-morning-r5c355f94e5bec1>)
- [View of the Convent of Ara Coeli with Pines](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/valenciennes-pierre-henri-de-raf9d782c645853/view-of-the-convent-of-ara-coeli-with-pines-r9c77a1ecf33551>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)