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The Park at Mortefontaine  1806

by Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld

Bidauld was one of the most celebrated landscapists of the Neoclassical era. He developed his style during a five-year stay in Italy, where he learned to make his art an ordered observation of nature. [br] In this canvas Bidauld shows his ability to hold all elements of the composition in balance. His precise, smooth brush strokes are the ideal vehicle to transcribe the u...
Size: 
34-1/2 x 50-1/2 in
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Public Domain, Courtesy of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields