Olevano, Albert Bierstadt (1856)
Painted from a hill overlooking the Italian town of Olevano Romano, this oil sketch presents a panoramic view of stucco buildings, the rustic countryside, and the distant ruins of a castle at the right. Along the bottom of the painting, Albert Bierstadt recorded the names of nearby locations and later used them as reference points for a larger painting based on this sketch. Olevano Romano’s great cliffs and distinctive architecture attracted many tourists and artists in the mid-19th century.
