The Church of the Trinità dei Monti and the Villa Medici, Rome

ca. 1808

Not on view

Born in Aix-en-Provence, Granet was a student of Jean Antoine Constantin before leaving for Rome in 1802, where he would remain until 1819. Granet became well known as a painter of architecture and landscape, admired for his close observation of nature and subtle effects of light. This sheet is the plein air study for one of his most famous paintings, La Trinité des Monts et la villa Médicis, à Rome (Musée du Louvre, Paris, R.F. 1981-12), dated 1808. Between the drawing and the finished painting, numerous small differences can be observed, from the group of figures added in the lower right foreground to the many small adjustments in the architecture, visible throughout, but especially along the right and left margins.

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Title: The Church of the Trinità dei Monti and the Villa Medici, Rome
Artist: François Marius Granet (French, Aix-en-Provence 1775–1849 Aix-en-Provence)
Date: ca. 1808
Medium: Brush and brown wash over graphite underdrawing
Dimensions: Sheet: 16 1/4 × 23 13/16 in. (41.2 × 60.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2015
Object Number: 2015.484
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Monk Seated Before a Ruined Gateway, François Marius Granet French, Pen and brown ink, watercolor — Monk Seated Before a Ruined Gateway
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A Cardinal Examining a Painting in a Cloister, François Marius Granet French, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, watercolor, over black chalk — A Cardinal Examining a Painting in a Cloister
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View of Notre Dame de Versailles from the plaine de Rocquencourt toward the South, François Marius Granet French, Oil on paper, mounted on canvas — View of Notre Dame de Versailles from the plaine de Rocquencourt toward the South
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Ponte San Rocco and Waterfalls, Tivoli, François Marius Granet French, Oil on canvas — Ponte San Rocco and Waterfalls, Tivoli
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Monks in the Cloister of the Church of Gesù e Maria, Rome, François Marius Granet French, Oil on canvas — Monks in the Cloister of the Church of Gesù e Maria, Rome
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