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View of the Tiber

image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art | CC0 1.0

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Date

c.1789

Artist

Victor Jean Nicolle (1754-1826)

Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Description

Victor-Jean Nicolle was sent to Italy by Louis XVI to record various views of Rome and other parts of the country. This he did to exacting detail in Rome, Naples, and Venice. The Tiber view looks across the River toward the Palazzo Farnese and the Palazzo Falconieri. Raking light illuminates the palaces and churches in the distance. Nicolle recorded his urban panoramas with the verisimilitude of a camera some fifty years before the invention of photography.

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CC0 1.0

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image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Location

Palazzo Farnese, Rome, Italy

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Boats
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Residential Buildings
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Transport
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Buildings & Architecture

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