Monte Epomeo (789 m - 2,589 ft)
Italy (Ischia Island)
In Le sommet du mont Epomeo dans l'île d'Ischia, Oil on paper, Musée du Louvre, Paris
The mountain
Monte Epomeo (789 m - 2,589 ft)
is the highest mountain on the volcanic island of Ischia, in the Gulf
of Naples, Italy. Epomeo is believed to be a volcanic horst which towers
above the rest of Ischia. Much of Epomeo is covered in lush greenery,
with a few vineyards also occupying its slopes. Approximately 75 m (246
ft) from the peak the mountain is covered in white lava which may be
confused with snow. A path leads to the summit of the mountain from
Fontana, one of its quiet traditional villages.
The painter
Simon-Joseph-Alexandre-Clément Denis was
a Belgian painter active primarily in Italy. Denis first studied in his
native city of Antwerp, with the landscape and animal painter H.-J.
Antonissen.
He moved to Paris in the 1780s, and soon gained the
patronage of genre painter and art dealer Jean-Baptiste Lebrun, whose
support allowed him to move to Rome in 1786. His paintings there
attracted favorable attention, and in 1787 he married a local woman. He
remained close to the Flemish community in Rome, and in 1789 was elected
to head the Foundation St.-Julien-des-Flamands. He also developed ties
within the French artistic community; Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun
stayed with him for some days in 1789 and that same year he and she
traveled with François-Guillaume Ménageot to visit Tivoli. François
Marius Granet sought his advice when he arrived in Rome in 1802.
In
1803, he was elected to the Accademia di San Luca; in 1806 he settled
for good in Naples, becoming court painter to Joseph Bonaparte. His
wonderful Landscape near Rome during a Storm (1786–1806) an oil on paper
probably representating Monte Cavo as well, is now visible at The MET
in New York city.
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