A Village on Ischia (Fontana?)
The bold geometry of this view is underpinned by distinct zones of light and shadow, realized in a limited range of colors and hues applied with broad strokes of the brush. Fleury visited the Bay of Naples and Ischia with Corot in spring 1828. During his Italian sojourn (1827–29) he also painted alongside Aligny and Édouard Bertin; they had become friends in Paris while studying with the landscape painter Jean Victor Bertin.
Artwork Details
- Title: A Village on Ischia (Fontana?)
- Artist: Léon Fleury (French, Paris 1804–1858 Paris)
- Date: ca. 1828
- Medium: Oil on paper, laid down on cardboard
- Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 13 1/4 in. (24.1 x 33.7 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Thaw Collection, Jointly Owned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Morgan Library & Museum, Gift of Eugene V. Thaw, 2009
- Object Number: 2009.400.62
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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