A Selection of Twenty of the Most Picturesque Views in Paris: View of Pont au Change, the City Theatre, Pont Neuf, Conciergerie Prison, &c taken from Pont Notre Dame
1803 · Softground etching and aquatint printed in brown, hand-colored with watercolor · Sheet: 35.9 x 66.8 cm (14 1/8 x 26 5/16 in.); Platemark: 30.2 x 56.2 cm (11 7/8 x 22 1/8 in.)
Girtin, A Selection of Twenty of the Most Picturesque Views in Paris: View of Pont au Change, the City Theatre, Pont Neuf, Conciergerie Prison, &c taken from Pont Notre Dame, 1803. Softground etching and aquatint printed in brown, hand-colored with watercolor.
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of John Bonebrake
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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