Subiaco
Realism
1786
17.0 x 25.0 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Not all plein-air painting is sketchlike in appearance. This example may have benefited from the use of a camera obscura, an optical device that enabled the artist to draw myriad fine details before applying paint. The result is a marvelously deft tonal study of contre-jour (the reflection of full sunlight) that is highly atmospheric for so small a picture. Bidauld was one of a handful of French artists to visit Subiaco in the 1780s.
joseph pierre xavier bidauld (1758 – 1846)
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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, United States of America)
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Om dette kunstverket
- Tittel: Subiaco
- Kunstner: joseph pierre xavier bidauld
- År: 1786
- Opprinnelige mål: 17.0 x 25.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Opphavsrettslig status: Fritatt for opphavsrett
- Utstillingssted: Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Kreativ periode: Mature Period
- Kontekst for korpus: subiaco pilgrimage site , italianate landscape
- Fargepalett: Earthy