Colonade et Jardins du Palais Medicis (Colonnade and Gardens of the Medici Palace)

c. 1776

Jean-François Janinet after Hubert Robert

Associated Names
Jean-François Janinet

Artist, French, 1752 - 1814

Hubert Robert

Artist After, French, 1733 - 1808

The image shows a grand staircase and columns of a building, viewed from a low angle. The horizon is not visible, with the focus on the architectural elements and the sky. The sky and trees in the background provide the backdrop. The architectural details, such as carvings on an urn and building façade, are depicted with a precise, linear technique. The color palette includes earth tones, light blues, and greys. In the foreground, an artist sketches on the ground, with period-dressed observers nearby. Columns of the building and sculptures lead the eye upwards to the sky with clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and wash-manner printed in yellow, blue, red, and blackon pale green paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ivan E. Phillips and Jacqueline Getty Phillips

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark at top & bottom): 29.1 x 24.4 cm (11 7/16 x 9 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.30.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Portalis/Beraldi 1880, no. 83

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1990

  • Gardens on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1200-1900, NGA, 1990, no. 83, repro.

1994

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, NGA, 2003, no. 37b.

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, no. 37b, as Colonade et jardins du palais Medicis (Colonnade and Gardens of the Palazzo Medici).

Bibliography

1880

  • Portalis, baron Roger and Henri Beraldi. Les graveurs du dix-huitieme siecle. 2 parts, 3 vols. each part. Paris, 1880.

1930

  • I.F.F. 1700, vol.12, p.73-74, no.172.

1990

  • Clayton, Virginia Tuttle. Gardens on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1200-1900. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1990: 83.

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004: no. 37b.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate within and below image: H. Robert pinx; lower right in plate within and below image: F. Janinet sculp.; across bottom in plate: COLONADE ET JARDINS DU PALAIS MEDICIS. / Tire du Cabinet de Mr le Comte de Baudouin, / Brigadier des Armees du Roi, Capitaine aux Gardes Francoises. /

Watermarks

Unidentified letters (Paris, 18th century?)

Wikidata ID

Q74072203

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