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View of the Tiber

before 1789
Not on view
Victor-Jean Nicolle was sent to Italy by Louis XVI to record various views of Rome and other parts of the country. This he did to exacting detail in Rome, Naples, and Venice. The Tiber view looks across the River toward the Palazzo Farnese and the Palazzo Falconieri. Raking light illuminates the palaces and churches in the distance. Nicolle recorded his urban panoramas with the verisimilitude of a camera some fifty years before the invention of photography.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: View of the Tiber
  • Artist: Victor Jean Nicolle (French, Paris 1754–1826 Paris)
  • Date: before 1789
  • Medium: Pen and ink with watercolor washes on paper
  • Dimensions: 7 7/8 x 12 3/16 in. (20.0 x 31 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.677
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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