Go back Individual results Click to enlarge Object Name: oil painting Title: The Roofs of Perugia Creator: Dacre, Susan Isobel (Isabel?), Miss (1844-1933) Date: 1911 Material: oil on canvas Credit Line: Presented by the National Art Collections Fund, courtesy of L.M. Angus-Butterworth, 1960 Object Number: VA.1975.29 Institution: Herbert Art Gallery and Museum Description: This oil painting, done in 1911 by S. Isobel Dacre shows a landscape from a high vantage point. A town is visible from the bottom left to centre right. A large church with plain walls and a tall tower is positioned right of centre while monastery buildings are in the centre. To the left is a valley with a vast expanse of low-lyinh land and water in the distance and mountains behind. Buildings a roofs are coloured in cream and brown and shadows on the hills in purple. The background is largely pale blue, purple, cream, and green.Presented by the National Art Collections Fund, courtesy of L.M. Angus-Butterworth, 1960 Search the collections ×