Although Landscape in Italy is undated, it is possible that it stems from...the mid-1830s. The towering rock formations flanking a deep ravine are notably similar to a drawing that the artist himself titled Paysage d’Italie, ravins de Sorrente and dated August 18, 1834 (Musée Fabre, Montpelier). The locale depicted in the drawing is the Neopolitan region of Italy, which is also consistent with the rich golden light of the painting. The sharp contrast between light and dark, as well as the pale blue Mediterranean sky, further reinforce the association of this image with a site in the Naples area.

from Weisberg, Breaking the Mold: The Legacy of the Noah L. and Muriel S. Butkin Collection of Nineteenth-Century French Art (Notre Dame, 2012)