Subiaco
Realism
1786
17.0 x 25.0 cm
Museu Metropolitano de Arte
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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Sobre esta obra
- Título: Subiaco
- Artista: joseph pierre xavier bidauld
- Ano: 1786
- Dimensões originais: 17.0 x 25.0 cm
- Formato: Landscape
- Estado dos direitos autorais: Domínio público
- Onde ver: Museu Metropolitano de Arte
- Período de criação: Mature Period
- Contexto do corpus: subiaco pilgrimage site , italianate landscape
- Paleta de cores: Earthy