A Selection of Twenty of the Most Picturesque Views in Paris: View of the Gate of St. Denis taken from the Suburbs
1802 · soft-ground etching with bistre wash
Girtin, A Selection of Twenty of the Most Picturesque Views in Paris: View of the Gate of St. Denis taken from the Suburbs, 1802. soft-ground etching with bistre wash.
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Dudley P. Allen Fund
How to look at a Girtin
- In the Paris views, count the values. There are rarely more than four.
- Notice the sky: a large, quiet shape that lets the buildings carry the picture.
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