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Landscape with a Cave

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Like Camille Corot, with whom he often sketched in the mid-1820s, Aligny executed oil studies out-of-doors, primarily as private exercises that were not intended for exhibition. This work, inscribed to his friend the artist Théophile-Emmanuel Duverger (1821–1898), is evidently an independent study. It is similar to other landscapes painted during the artist's sojourn in Italy in the mid-1830s.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Landscape with a Cave
  • Artist: Théodore Caruelle d'Aligny (French, Chaumes, Nièvre 1798–1871 Lyon)
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 24 1/2 x 18 in. (62.2 x 45.7 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1989
  • Object Number: 1989.138
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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View of the Quarries at Cervara, Théodore Caruelle d'Aligny French, Pen and brown ink over traces of graphite
View of the Quarries at Cervara
Théodore Caruelle d'Aligny
1834
Castello Colonna at Genazzano, Italy, Théodore Caruelle d'Aligny French, Pen and brown ink, over traces of graphite, on cream-colored laid paper
Castello Colonna at Genazzano, Italy
Théodore Caruelle d'Aligny
1835
Plateau de la Mare aux Fées (Forest of Fontainebleau), Théodore Caruelle d'Aligny French, Graphite
Plateau de la Mare aux Fées (Forest of Fontainebleau)
Théodore Caruelle d'Aligny
1854
Edge of a Wood, Théodore Caruelle d'Aligny French, Oil on canvas
Edge of a Wood
Théodore Caruelle d'Aligny
ca. 1850
Landscape at Olevano, Théodore Caruelle d'Aligny French, Oil on paper, laid down on wood
Landscape at Olevano
Théodore Caruelle d'Aligny
1827 or ca. 1834–36

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