Gorges de Franchard - Forêt de Fontainebleau (Franchard Gorges – Fontainebleau Forest)

October 20, 1863

Eugène Cuvelier

Associated Names
Eugène Cuvelier

Artist, French, 1837 - 1900

The image shows a person standing on a large rock formation, viewed from below. The sky fills the upper part of the image, contrasting with the detailed textures of the rocks which display various natural lines and crevices. The color palette is mainly brown and gray, emphasizing the rocky landscape. Sparse vegetation can be seen among the rocks.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's Fine Art Auctions, New York, 2007); (Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York), 2007; NGA purchase, 2018.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

  • The Eye of the Sun: Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, lower right corner of mount in graphite: Franchard; on verso, by unknown hand, lower left corner in graphite: 300799; upper right corner: SELF PORTRAIT I-25BGA / slide

Wikidata ID

Q64147486

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