View of Paris from the Terrace of the Pavillon de Brimborion

1810/1812

Carle Vernet

Associated Names
Carle Vernet

Artist, French, 1758 - 1836

The image depicts an elevated viewpoint overlooking a landscape. In the foreground, three figures are seated on a stone platform, with one of them painting. An umbrella provides shade nearby, and potted plants are scattered around. The horizon separates the sky from the landscape below, where a river winds through buildings, fields, trees, and hills in the distance. The painting features detailed brushstrokes and a gentle color palette dominated by blues and greens, with touches of earthy tones and reds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over graphite with touches of white gouache on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John Jay Ide

  • Dimensions

    overall: 63.2 x 96.1 cm (24 7/8 x 37 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1999.40.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Prince Kourakine, Russia, c. 1810; E. Dejardin Verdinder, France, 1904. Private collection near Orléans until 1992; (Didier Aaron, Inc., New York, 1993); Mr. and Mrs. John Jay Ide, San Francisco, 1993; gift to NGA in 1999.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

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. 1.

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper right verso in chalk: (not deciphered); by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 61 1/2 + 94 1/2 ouverture

Wikidata ID

Q64538057

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