This 1907 painting captures an ordinary American traveler's escape—a fountain in an Italian villa garden. For middle-class Americans of the early 1900s, leisure travel abroad was becoming real, and finding quiet places to rest during a day of sightseeing was part of the adventure.
You sit on cool stone beside the fountain, listening to water splash. The garden is dappled with shadow. For a moment, your shopping bags and your itinerary don't matter—just the spray of water, the sound, the weight lifting from your shoulders.
Reflect
Where do you go to escape when you're tired from a day out?