Landscape with a Large Tree on the Right and a Distant View of a Town on the Left n.d.

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi's "Landscape with a Large Tree on the Right and a Distant View of a Town on the Left" is a pen and ink drawing created sometime between 1606 and 1680, and it is currently housed at The Art Institute of Chicago. The drawing depicts a picturesque Italian landscape with a large tree on the right side of the composition and a distant town on the left. It is likely a preliminary sketch, showing a classic landscape in the tradition of Northern Italian artists of the Baroque period. Grimaldi's work reveals an interest in the depiction of the natural world, emphasizing the interplay of light and shadow within the landscape. The detail of the leaves of the tree and the distant cityscape showcase his meticulous approach to representing the textures and forms of the natural world.