The Potager of the Hôtel de Valentinois in Passy

c. 1780

Nicolas Pérignon

Associated Names
Nicolas Pérignon

Artist, French, 1726 - 1782

The image shows a formal garden viewed from slightly above ground level. A pathway lined with ornate, fenced plots filled with lush vegetation is visible. Tall trees stretch across the horizon, with a stately building on the left. In the distance, a statue serves as a central focal point along the pathway. The artwork features fine and precise brushstrokes depicting the architecture, flora, and figures. The color palette includes earthy browns and greens for the vegetation, creamy tones for the building, and soft blue and white hues for the sky, dotted with clouds. People in historical clothing are leisurely strolling the pathways.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gouache over graphite on linen

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (oval): 44.2 x 52.7 cm (17 3/8 x 20 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1963.15.23

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Richard Owen, Paris; purchased 1935 by Samuel H. Kress, New York; gift 1963 to the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1983

  • Blessed Are the Peace Makers: A Commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the Treaty of Paris. National Portrait Gallery. Washington, 1983, 18 (James G. Barber and Frederick S. Voss).

1985

  • Landscape Drawings from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985.

1990

  • Gardens on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1200-1900, NGA, 1990, no. 81, repro.

2009

  • Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009, 242-243, 290, no. 105 (color).

Bibliography

1977

  • Eisler, Colin. Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Schools Excluding Italian. Oxford, 1977: 345, dK379, fig.308.

1983

  • Martindale, Meredith. "Le Duc de Valentinois: Un Prince philosophe à Passy au XVIIIe siècle." Annales Monégasques, no. 7, 1983, 157 (reprod.).

1988

  • Martindale, Meredith. "Les récentes acquisitions des musées nationaux: Blérancourt, Musée de la Coopérative franc-américaine." Revue du Louvre no. 2 (1988): 160.

1990

  • Bunzl, Yvonne tan and Kate de Rothschild. Master Drawings. London, 1990: under no. 29.

Wikidata ID

Q64534177

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