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View of the Tiber

before 1789
Not on view
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: View of the Tiber
  • Artist: Victor Jean Nicolle (French, Paris 1754–1826 Paris)
  • Date: before 1789
  • Medium: Pen and ink with watercolor washes on paper
  • Dimensions: 7 7/8 x 12 3/16 in. (20.0 x 31 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.677
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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Town in an Alpine Valley, Victor Jean Nicolle French, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown, blue-gray and reddish washes, heightened with white and blue gouache over graphite
Town in an Alpine Valley
Victor Jean Nicolle
n.d.
View of the Roman Forum with the Temple of Saturn in the Background, Victor Jean Nicolle French, Pen and brown ink, watercolor
View of the Roman Forum with the Temple of Saturn in the Background
Victor Jean Nicolle
n.d.
Courtyard of the Chateau de Saint-Cloud, Victor Jean Nicolle French, Pen and brown ink, watercolor, over traces of graphite. Scattered stains.
Courtyard of the Chateau de Saint-Cloud
Victor Jean Nicolle
n.d.
View of the Roman Forum with the Column of Phocas and the Temple of Saturn, Victor Jean Nicolle French, Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash over red chalk
View of the Roman Forum with the Column of Phocas and the Temple of Saturn
Victor Jean Nicolle
n.d.
The Tiber at the Outskirts of Rome, Victor Jean Nicolle French, Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash over red chalk
The Tiber at the Outskirts of Rome
Victor Jean Nicolle
n.d.

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