Catalogue Entry
This painting is a view of the Valley of the Mugnone, to the south of Fiesole, Italy. As in Florence, Italy, near Fiesole (OP.400) and Tuscan Scene (OP.401), it depicts the narrow Mugnone River, a tributary of the Arno. Twachtman's visit to this site occurred in 1880–81, when he taught at the school formed by Frank Duveneck in the hills above Florence. Here he captured a cultivated landscape where small communities, stands of cypress trees, and winding paths were at graceul intervals across the undulating hills, with a view of the Apenine mountains in the distance.
A label on the back of this painting indicates that it was lent by the artist Julius Rolshoven to an exhibition in 1917. It is one of two paintings of this subject (along with Florence, near Fiesole), which Twachtman gave to Rolshoven, a friend and fellow teacher at Duveneck's school.