Roman Elegy (French: Élégie romaine) is a 1791 oil painting by the Swiss artist Jacques Sablet.Luzzi p.58Bowron & Rishel p.58-59 It depicts two men in the Protestant Cemetery in Rome mourning over a friend's tomb. In the background is the Pyramid of Cestius while shepherds are shown tending their flock of sheep.https://musee.brest.fr/oeuvres/elegie-romaine A conversation piece, it is distinctly Neoclassical in style although its mournful atmosphere reflects the emerging Romantic movement. The picture may feature a self-portrait of the artist along with his brother Jean-François Sablet. The title is a reference to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's series of poems Roman Elegies.Tarabra p.58 The painting is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Brest in Brittany.https://musee.brest.fr/oeuvres/elegie-romaine
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