Sun-Drenched Hills near Menton

1880

Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart

Associated Names
Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart

Artist, French, 1837 - 1880

The painting depicts a hillside village viewed from an elevated perspective. The horizon is high in the image, with the village atop the hill, individual buildings distinguishable by warm color tones. Behind the village, the sky is clear blue, the mountains fading into darker tones. Delicate, fluid brushstrokes are used, especially in the foliage and winding path. The color palette is earthy and natural, with greens and browns predominant, the village's architecture and vibrant greenery offering lighter contrasts. The landscape shows rolling terrain rising towards the top of the hill.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor with scratching out over traces of graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as the Gift of Diane Allen Nixon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 30.4 x 45.5 cm (11 15/16 x 17 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.31.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection, London. (Jill Newhouse, New York); purchased 2006 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2007

  • Private Treasures: Four Centuries of European Master Drawings, The Morgan Library and Museum, New York, and National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007

2012

  • Vernet to Villon: Nineteenth-Century French Master Drawings from the National Gallery of Art. Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma. Norman, OK, 2012, no. 22.

2014

  • The Color of Nature: Recent Acquisitions of Landscape Watercolors, NGA, 2014.

Inscriptions

lower center in brown ink: Jacquemart 1880

Wikidata ID

Q64591635

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