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Landscape and Viaduct with Figures

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Date

c.1790-1830

Artist

François-Thomas-Louis Francia (1772-1839)

Collection

Nottingham City Museums and Galleries

Description

The aqueduct in Francia’s watercolour is probably that at Arceuil, about four miles south of Paris, built on the instruction of Marie de Medici between 1613 and 1624 to carry water to the fountains of the Luxembourg Gardens. It is identical to one painted by Jean-Victor Bertin in 1810, in a private collection. Francia’s is a dark picture for a watercolour, showing extensive use of gum arabic. The figures are illuminated by a shaft of sunlight filtering through the trees. (Cambridge, 2002). This French watercolour artist was a Royal Academy exhibitor, learnt his craft in England, taught it to Bonington at Calais and encouraged Bonington to defy his father's opposition to becoming a painter. Francia's work is not very easily come by and this is a good example.
Given by the Trustees of the Holbrook Trust. [Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions (Registry no. 899)].

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Location

Aqueduc de la Vanne, L'Hay-les-Roses, France

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Aqueducts

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Buildings & Architecture

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