Villa Negroni, Rome c. 1800

"Villa Negroni, Rome" is an anonymous watercolor painting from c. 1800, currently housed at The Art Institute of Chicago. The painting depicts a serene landscape scene in Rome, featuring a group of tall cypress trees flanking a dirt path that leads towards a villa in the distance. The prominent villa and the presence of cypress trees, a common feature in Italian gardens, suggest the painting's connection to the Roman landscape. The watercolor's muted colors, particularly in the sky and the foreground, contribute to a sense of tranquility, characteristic of Romantic landscape painting.