Poussin to David
French Drawings at the Albertina
Until 25 April 2017
Enjoy the art works of the exhibition in our Online Collection.
Whether poetic love stories or mythological epics, whether atmospheric portrait studies or picturesque ruins — today, the masterpieces of French Baroque art are more enthralling than ever.
70 major works selected from the ALBERTINA Museum‘s rich holdings of drawings sweep visitors into the dreamy and multi-layered cosmos of French art from the Baroque and Rococo periods: the works on display include Nicolas Poussin’s breath-taking free landscape studies as well as Claude Lorrain’s light-drenched depictions of nature, and playful masterpieces by François Boucher and Jean-Honoré Fragonard likewise assume their rightful places here, as do the lovely scenes of Jean-Baptiste Greuze. The crowning conclusion of this showing, which reflects two centuries of French art, is provided by the imposing creations of Jacques Louis David.
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Poussin to David. French Drawings at the Albertina
Whether poetic love stories or mythological epics, whether atmospheric portrait studies or picturesque ruins—today, the masterpieces of French Baroque art are more enthralling than ever.
Ed. by Christine Ekelhart
2017
176 Seiten
28,5 x 23,5 cm | Hardcover
German EUR 15,00
English EUR 15,00
Jean-Honoré Fragonard: Girl with a Marmot, 1780s
Watercolour, sanguine, over preliminary drawing in black chalk
(The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Jacques-Louis David: The Combat of Diomedes, 1776
Pen, brush in black ink, wash, white highlights, black chalk, on greenish gray paper
(The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Jean-Baptiste Greuze: Boy with a Broken Egg, ca. 1756
Black and white chalk, sanguine
(The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Nicolas Poussin: View of the Tiber Valley with the Ponte Molle, ca. 1624
Lead pencil, pen and brush in black and brown, wash
(The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Watercolour, sanguine, over preliminary drawing in black chalk (The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Pen, brush in black ink, wash, white highlights, black chalk, on greenish gray paper (The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Black and white chalk, sanguine (The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Lead pencil, pen and brush in black and brown, wash (The Albertina Museum, Vienna)