TELEPY Károly
(1828, Debrecen - 1906, Budapest)

Carthusian Monastery in the Vicinity of Rome

c. 1858
Oil on canvas, 65,4 x 45 cm
Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest

Károly Telepy spent two years in Rome drawing antique ruins and other monuments. On this picture three old cypresses can be seen with a Carthusian monastery in the background. According to the tradition the trees were planted by Michelangelo.


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