The Soul of the Roman Campagna In the heart of the seventeenth century, amidst the sweeping vistas and ancient ruins of Rome, emerged a painter whose brush captured the very breath of the Italian countryside. Gaspard Dughet, often whispered in art circles as Gaspard Poussin, was a man of dual identity—a French soul born into the warmth of an Italian landscape. Though he never set foot in his ancestral France, his work remains a corner…