Lake Fucino and the Abruzzi Mountains
The Met
Artist: Joseph Bidauld(French, Carpentras 1758–1846 Montmorency)
Date: ca. 1789
Department: European Paintings
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
Dimensions: 10 x 19 in. (25.4 x 48.3 cm)
Credit Line: The Whitney Collection, Gift of Wheelock Whitney III, and Purchase, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. McVeigh, by exchange, 2003
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
A panoramic landscape painting depicts a wide lake in the middle ground, surrounded by mountains and fields
Detailed Description
A wide, horizontal landscape painting shows a natural scene under a light blue, hazy sky with faint white clouds. The upper half of the painting features a series of mountains, receding into the distance. The closest mountains, on the left and center, are a textured brown and grey, with visible brushstrokes suggesting rocky surfaces. Further back, the mountains become lighter and bluer, appearing more distant and less defined. Below the mountains, a large body of water, a lake, stretches across the middle of the canvas, its surface a blue-green. The foreground features a strip of land with varied terrain. On the left, there are patches of green fields interspersed with areas of light brown earth. Scattered throughout this area are numerous trees, including tall, slender trees resembling poplars and bushier, rounder trees with dark green foliage. The right side of the foreground also shows green fields and a cluster of taller, dark green trees.
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