View of a Gorge in Italy

ca. 1810 (?)

29.5 cm 44.8 cm

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Chauvin specialized in idealized landscapes with classicized figures or antique themes. He based his art, however, on the direct perception of nature, making quick oil sketches like this one, done outside. Such oil sketches were not considered works of art in their own right;...

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Hôtel Drouot Sale, March 13, 1970 [no catalogue]; Marie-Madeleine Aubrun, 1970, by purchase; Hôtel Drouot Sale, November 27, 1998, lot. 54; Bertrand Gautier [Talabardon & Gautier], Paris, 1998, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2004, by purchase.
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