Washington AllstonStati Uniti, 1779–1843Diana on a Chase
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In the early 19th century, American artists joined their British counterparts and embarked on the Grand Tour. Washington Allston traveled to Europe upon his graduation from Harvard in 1800, and completed this large and ambitious work while in Rome in 1805. Loosely modeled on an alpine vista that Allston sketched while traveling from France to Italy, "Diana on a Chase" is evocative of the classical landscapes of Claude Lorrain and Nicolas Poussin. At right, the Roman goddess of the hunt and her companions wander through the vast mountainous scene.
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Publicly exhibited in Rome, "Diana on a Chase" received glowing reviews and impressed Allston’s Romantically-minded contemporaries, including poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The artist’s pride in the work was short-lived, however: in 1839, Allston disavowed authorship of the painting, claiming that an aggressive cleaning had ruined his original conception.
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- 1956.62
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Nel frattempo, nella vita di Washington Allston
Tutta la vita1803–1808
Museums of Paris and Italy
Visits the great museums of Paris and then, for several years, those of Italy.
1803–1808
Meets Washington Irving in Rome
During his years in Italy he meets Washington Irving in Rome.
1803–1808
Meets Coleridge, a friend for life
In Italy he meets Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who becomes his lifelong friend and greatly admires his artistic genius.
![Composition with Four Figures [recto and verso], Attributed to Washington Allston, c. 1805](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/044e2eea-1b47-46e0-b33f-50adcdc6b4e7/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
