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View of Beirut

1844
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 804
Coignet’s visit to the Middle East in 1844–46 provided him with subject matter for paintings he later exhibited at the annual Paris Salons. This picturesque view is founded on formal conventions of Neoclassical landscape composition, but the spirited brushwork used to convey the shimmering Mediterranean light is characteristic of an informal sketch. As if to emphasize the speed with which it was completed, Coignet inscribed the location and date in the still-wet paint with the wood end of his brush.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: View of Beirut
  • Artist: Jules Coignet (French, Paris 1798–1860 Paris)
  • Date: 1844
  • Medium: Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
  • Dimensions: 13 1/8 x 20 3/8 in. (33.3 x 51.7 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: The Whitney Collection, Gift of Wheelock Whitney III, and Purchase, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. McVeigh, by exchange, 2003

  • Object Number: 2003.42.12
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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