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| Artist | Jacques Sablet |
| Year | 1791 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 61.7 cm × 74 cm (24.3 in × 29 in) |
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Roman Elegy (French: Élégie romaine) is a 1791 oil painting by the Swiss artist Jacques Sablet. It depicts two men in the Protestant Cemetery in Rome mourning over a friend's tomb. In the background is the Pyramid of Cestius while shepherds are shown tending their flock of sheep. A conversation piece, it is distinctly Neoclassical in style although its mournful atmosphere reflects the emerging Romantic movement. The picture may feature a self-portrait of the artist along with his brother Jean-François Sablet. The title is a reference to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's series of poems Roman Elegies. The painting is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Brest in Brittany.
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