The Sea from Capri
William Stanley Haseltine
American, 1835–1900

Details
Title
The Sea from Capri
Artist/Maker
William Stanley Haseltine (American, 1835–1900)
Date
1875
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
41 1/4 x 72 7/8 inches
Credit
Purchase in honor of Rebecca Dial Warner, President of the Members Guild, 1982–1983, with funds from the Members Guild
Accession #
1982.321
American landscape painter William Stanley Haseltine visited Capri in 1858 after having arrived in Italy with fellow painters Thomas Worthington Whittredge and Emanuel Leutze. While there, Haseltine stayed in the Carthusian Monastery of St. John, which sat atop the limestone cliff he depicts in this painting. With Capri visible in the distance, Haseltine shows the ruins of Villa Jovis, erected by Emperor Tiberius on the cliff’s eastern summit in the first century. His re-creation of the diffused, atmospheric light of dawn further amplifies the scene’s beauty.
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