A Selection of Twenty of the Most Picturesque Views in Paris: View of Pont de la Tournelle & Notre Dame taken from the Arsenal
1802 · softground etching and aquatint printed in brown · Sheet: 19.9 x 48.7 cm (7 13/16 x 19 3/16 in.); Image: 15.1 x 44.5 cm (5 15/16 x 17 1/2 in.)
Girtin, A Selection of Twenty of the Most Picturesque Views in Paris: View of Pont de la Tournelle & Notre Dame taken from the Arsenal, 1802. softground etching and aquatint printed in brown.
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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