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View of Porta Pinciana from the Gardens of the Villa Ludovisi

ca. 1814–17
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 805
In 1813 Picot was awarded the Prix de Rome for history painting, but like many of his contemporaries who worked in this genre, he was inclined to quit the confines of his studio to sketch in oil out of doors. Villa Ludovisi and its gardens—overgrown during Picot’s time in Rome—are now long gone. But the Porta Pinciana, the Aurelian walls, and the Borghese gardens beyond remain more or less as they appear in this scintillating sketch. It was painted a short walk from the French Academy’s headquarters, the Villa Medici.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: View of Porta Pinciana from the Gardens of the Villa Ludovisi
  • Artist: François Edouard Picot (French, Paris 1786–1868 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1814–17
  • Medium: Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
  • Dimensions: 11 3/8 x 15 3/4 in. (28.9 x 40 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: The Whitney Collection, Promised Gift of Wheelock Whitney III, and Purchase, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. McVeigh, by exchange, 2003
  • Object Number: 2003.42.45
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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