A Stand of Trees

1837

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Cabat trained with Camille Flers, a founding member of the Barbizon school, and through his example, developed a practice of working outdoors in nature in the early 1830s. This drawing dates from Cabat's first visit to Italy in 1836−37. The Umbrian town of Narni, inscribed on this sheet, provided fertile ground for landscape drawing and the artist returned the following year to make more studies of the area. In this sketch, he focused on the shapes of the tree trunks and branches; the small figure standing amidst them offers a sense of scale. Cabat later served as director of the French Academy in Rome from 1879 to 1884.

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Title: A Stand of Trees
Artist: Louis Cabat (French, Paris 1812–1893 Paris)
Date: 1837
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 8 1/4 × 11 1/16 in. (21 × 28.1 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of Stephen A. Geiger, 2021
Object Number: 2021.165.2
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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