The Pantheon

Victor Jean Nicolle

Associated Names
Victor Jean Nicolle

Artist, French, 1754 - 1826

The image features an elevated viewpoint looking towards the front of the Pantheon, centrally placed within the composition. The horizon aligns with the rooftops of the surrounding buildings and the top of the Pantheon, emphasizing it as the focal point. The brushstrokes are fine and precise, capturing the intricate details of the architecture and urban landscape in a neoclassical style. The color palette is warm, dominated by beige, ochre, and light browns contrasting with the soft blue sky. A fountain with an obelisk is in the foreground, with the Pantheon and scattered figures beyond. Residential buildings frame the scene in the distance, enhancing symmetry, while soft clouds fill the sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown and gray ink with watercolor and gouache over red chalk on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 10.4 x 13.8 cm (4 1/8 x 5 7/16 in.), oval

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.176


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 175 (color).

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, lower right verso in graphite: J[?]4[?] (erased)

Wikidata ID

Q64633669

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