Sunset Glow, Roman Campagna
by William Stanley Haseltine (1835–1900)14 x 25⅛ inches
Initialed lower right: WSH
Provenance
American Express Collection, New York, New York
Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, New York, New York
Private collection, acquired from above, 2005
Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, New York, January 20, 2024, lot19, from above
Exhibited
Expressions of Place: The Art of William Stanley Haseltine, M.H. de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, June 20–September 20, 1992; Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, January 20–April 18, 1993
A Focused Collection: The Hudson River School, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York, April 21–July 29, 2007; Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, August 17–October 19, 2007
Literature
Marc Simpson, Andrea Henderson, Sally Mills, Expressions of Place: The Art of William Stanley Haseltine (San Francisco: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1992), 38, 113, pl. 39.
A Focused Collection: The Hudson River School (Ithica, NY: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, 2007), 4, 22, 23, no. 8.
Related Works
Castle at Ostia, Lazio, Italy, 1871, oil on canvas, 14¼ x 25¼ inches; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Massachusetts
Castle of Ostia seen from the pine forest of Castel Fusano, 1881, oil on canvas, 25½ x 71 inches; New-York Historical Society, New York
Note: The Roman Compagna is a lowland plain surrounding Rome in central Italy which became a popular destination for many artists of the 18th and 19th centuries for its expansive landscapes. Historian Andrea Henderson describes William Stanley Haseltine’s depictions of the region as “the most emotionally expressive of his European landscapes.”[1]
[1] Andrea Henderson, “Haseltine in Rome,” in Expressions of Place: The Art of William Stanley Haseltine (San Francisco: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1992), 38.
Artist Biography
William Stanley Haseltine was one of the nineteenth century’s most celebrated expatriates, whose Italian landscapes introduced American audiences to the romance, history, and beauty of the ancient landscape. Born in Philadelphia, Haseltine descended from a rich artistic history of his own: his mother Elizabeth was an amateur painter, his older brother James became a prominent sculptor, and his younger brother Charles established the Haseltine Art Galleries in Philadelphia. William was the most promising artistic talent, and he pursued his studies at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University before returning to Philadelphia to train under the German artist Paul Weber.