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True to Nature? Open-air Painting in Europe 1780-1870

Corot à son chevalet, Crècy-en-Brie

1: Corot à son chevalet, Crècy-en-Brie

Eugène Decan

Fitzwilliam Museum

Views of the Pyrenees

3: Views of the Pyrenees

Louise-Joséphine Sarazin de Belmont

Private collection

Italy - Rome

View of the Church of San Giorgio in Velabro and the Arch of Janus, Rome

4: View of the Church of San Giorgio in Velabro and the Arch of Janus, Rome

François-Marius Granet

Private collection

The Island and Bridge of San Bartolomeo, Rome

5: The Island and Bridge of San Bartolomeo, Rome

Camille Corot

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

View of Santa Trinità dei Monti in Rome

6: View of Santa Trinità dei Monti in Rome

Louis Dupré

Fondation Custodia

Santa Trinità dei Monti in the Snow

7: Santa Trinità dei Monti in the Snow

André Giroux

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

View of the Cloaca Maxima, Rome

8: View of the Cloaca Maxima, Rome

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

An Artist in Renaissance Costume Sketching in the Arena of Nîmes

9: An Artist in Renaissance Costume Sketching in the Arena of Nîmes

Fleury François Richard

Private collection

View of the Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome seen from the Janiculum Hill

10: View of the Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome seen from the Janiculum Hill

Raymond Monvoisin (known as Quinsac-Monvoisin)

Fondation Custodia

View of the Colosseum in Rome

11: View of the Colosseum in Rome

Carl Blechen

Fondation Custodia

Italy - Roman Campagna

Pastoral Landscape with Lake Albano and Castel Gandolfo

12: Pastoral Landscape with Lake Albano and Castel Gandolfo

Claude Lorrain

Fitzwilliam Museum

View of the Convent of Sant’Onofrio on the Janiculum, Rome

13: View of the Convent of Sant’Onofrio on the Janiculum, Rome

Camille Corot

Fitzwilliam Museum

View of Rome

14: View of Rome

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes

Fondation Custodia

A View of Rome

15: A View of Rome

André Giroux

Fitzwilliam Museum

View of Olevano

16: View of Olevano

Théodore Caruelle d’Aligny

Private collection

View of Lake Nemi

17: View of Lake Nemi

Jules Coignet

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Tomb of Caecilia Metella

18: The Tomb of Caecilia Metella

Léon Fleury

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Mountainous Landscape, Italy

19: Mountainous Landscape, Italy

Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld

Private collection

View of Tivoli at Night

20: View of Tivoli at Night

Simon Denis

Private collection

View of Santa Scolastica in Subiaco

21: View of Santa Scolastica in Subiaco

Achille-Etna Michallon

Fondation Custodia

Olive Trees near Tivoli

22: Olive Trees near Tivoli

Janus La Cour

Fondation Custodia

View of Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli

23: View of Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli, the Tiber Valley and the Sabine Hills in the Distance

Johann Martin von Rohden

Fondation Custodia

The Ponte Nomentano, the Sabine Hills in the Distance

24: The Ponte Nomentano, the Sabine Hills in the Distance

Franz Ludwig Catel

Fondation Custodia

Fountain in the Roman Campagna (Fontaine dans la campagna de Rome)

25: Fountain in the Roman Campagna (Fontaine dans la campagna de Rome)

Michel Dumas

Private collection

Sunrise in an Italian Landscape

26: Sunrise in an Italian Landscape

Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld

Fondation Custodia

View of the Roman Campagna

27: View of the Roman Campagna

Johann Thomas Lundbye

Fondation Custodia

View of the Quirinal

28: View of the Quirinal

Edgar Degas

Fondation Custodia

Capri and the Amalfi Coast

View of Capri with Mount Solaro

29: View of Capri with Mount Solaro

Gustaf Wilhelm Palm

Private collection

View of Capri

30: View of Capri

August Kopisch

Fondation Custodia

A Boy sitting under a Pergola, Capri

31: A Boy sitting under a Pergola, Capri

Anton Sminck Pitloo

Fondation Custodia

Loggia in Sorrento

32: Loggia in Sorrento

Thomas Fearnley

Fondation Custodia

A Terrace on the Isle of Capri

33: A Terrace on the Isle of Capri

Anonymous Artist

Fondation Custodia

Study of a Pergola, Capri

34: Study of a Pergola, Capri

Anton Sminck Pitloo

Fondation Custodia

View of Capri

35: View of Capri

Vilhelm Kyhn

Private collection

View of Faraglioni near Capri

36: View of Faraglioni near Capri

August Kopisch

Fondation Custodia

Skies and Effects

Nocturnal View from the Quai du Louvre in Paris

37: Nocturnal View from the Quai du Louvre in Paris

Charles Nègre

Fondation Custodia

Misty Mountain Landscape (or View of Monticelli, near Tivoli)

38: Misty Mountain Landscape (or View of Monticelli, near Tivoli)

Jean-Charles Rémond

Private collection

Misty Landscape

39: Misty Landscape

Rosa Bonheur

Fondation Custodia

View of Paris seen from Meudon

40: View of Paris seen from Meudon

Georges Michel

Fondation Custodia

Storm at Handeck

41: Storm at Handeck

Alexandre Calame

Fitzwilliam Museum

Skyrim (Kongsberg, Norway)

42: Skyrim (Kongsberg, Norway)

Anton Melbye

Private collection

The Thames at Chelsea, Evening

43: The Thames at Chelsea, Evening

William Holman Hunt

Fitzwilliam Museum

Sunset in a Landscape

44: Sunset in a Landscape

Anton Sminck Pitloo

Fondation Custodia

Effect of the Sun at Sunset

45: Cloud Study (4)

Johann Jakob Frey

Private collection

46: Cloud Study (3)

Johann Jakob Frey

Private collection

47: Cloud Study (1)

Johann Jakob Frey

Private collection

48: Cloud Study (2)

Johann Jakob Frey

Private collection

Sunrise in a Landscape

49: Sunrise in a Landscape

Anton Sminck Pitloo

Fondation Custodia

Mountain Landscape at Sunset

50: Mountain Landscape at Sunset

Jean Honoré Fragonard

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Study of Clouds over the Roman Campagna

51: Study of Clouds over the Roman Campagna

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Cloud Study: Stormy Sunset

52: Cloud Study: Stormy Sunset

John Constable

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Sky Study with a Shaft of Sunlight

53: Sky Study with a Shaft of Sunlight

John Constable

Fitzwilliam Museum

Clouds passing through a Valley

54: Clouds passing through a Valley

Anonymous Artist

Fondation Custodia

Built Environment: rooftops, windows, yards and ruins

Interior of a Courtyard

55: Interior of a Courtyard

Auguste-Xavier Leprince

Private collection

View of Gardens at Hampstead, with an Elder Tree

56: View of Gardens at Hampstead, with an Elder Tree

John Constable

Fondation Custodia

Village near the River Moselle

57: Village near the River Moselle

Théodore Rousseau

Fondation Custodia

Farm Courtyard

58: Farm Courtyard

Robert Léopold Leprince

Fondation Custodia

The Farmyard

59: The Farmyard

Augustus Leopold Egg

Fitzwilliam Museum

Panoramic Landscape near the River Moselle

60: Panoramic Landscape near the River Moselle

Théodore Rousseau

Fitzwilliam Museum

Young Man reclining on the Downs

61: Young Man reclining on the Downs

Théodore Caruelle d’Aligny

Fitzwilliam Museum

Rooftops

62: Rooftops

Frederik Rohde

Fondation Custodia

Ruins of the Théâtre-Italien after the Fire of 1838

63: Ruins of the Théâtre-Italien after the Fire of 1838

Eugène Isabey

Fondation Custodia

The Monastery of Alpirsbach near Freudenstadt (Black Forest)

64: The Monastery of Alpirsbach near Freudenstadt (Black Forest)

Frederik Sødring

Fondation Custodia

View of Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen

65: View of Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen

Constantin Hansen

Fondation Custodia

Bodies of Water

Seascape during a Storm seen from the Ship “'Le Véloce'

66: Seascape during a Storm seen from the Ship "Le Véloce"

Théodore Gudin

Fondation Custodia

A Study of Waves breaking against Rocks at Sunset

67: A Study of Waves breaking against Rocks at Sunset

Baron François Gérard

Private collection

View of the Fort de Bertheaume

68: View of the Fort de Bertheaume

Eugène Isabey

Fondation Custodia

Rough Sea beside a Jetty

69: Rough Sea beside a Jetty

Carl Frederik Sørensen

Fitzwilliam Museum

Waves on the Sorrento Coast

70: Waves on the Sorrento Coast

Heinrich Reinhold

Private collection

Sartre Waterfall near Apchon (Cantal)

71: Sartre Waterfall near Apchon (Cantal)

Auguste Bonheur

Fondation Custodia

View of the Waterfalls at Tivoli

72: View of the Waterfalls at Tivoli

Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Waterfall in the River Traun, Upper Austria, 1826

73: Waterfall in the River Traun, Upper Austria, 1826

Christian Ernst Bernhard Morgenstern

Fondation Custodia

Village on the Coast of Brittany

74: Village on the Coast of Brittany

Odilon Redon

Fondation Custodia

Desenzano, Lake Garda

75: Desenzano, Lake Garda

Richard Parkes Bonington

Fitzwilliam Museum

Sand Dunes at Skagen Beach

76: Sand Dunes at Skagen Beach

Johan Carl Neumann

Fondation Custodia

View of the Baltic Coast

77: View of the Baltic Coast

Carl Blechen

Fondation Custodia

Rocks and Grottoes

Rocks in Low Water

78: Rocks in Low Water

Vilhelm Kyhn

Fondation Custodia

Rocks at Cran Aux Œufs near Calais

79: Rocks at Cran Aux Œufs near Calais

Eugène Isabey

Fondation Custodia

Rocky Coast with Bathers

80: Rocky Coast with Bathers

Louise-Joséphine Sarazin de Belmont

Fondation Custodia

Grotto in a Rocky Landscape

81: Grotto in a Rocky Landscape

Louise-Joséphine Sarazin de Belmont

Private collection

Interior of a Cave

82: Interior of a Cave

Jean-Baptiste Adolphe Gibert

Fondation Custodia

Hunter in a Grotto in Cervara

83: Hunter in a Grotto in Cervara

Martinus Rørbye

Fondation Custodia

Landscape in the Haute-Savoie, with an Artist working in the Open Air

84: Landscape in the Haute-Savoie, with an Artist working in the Open Air

Vilhelm Kyhn

Private collection

Rocks on the Lake's Edge (Rochers à côté d'un lac)

85: Boulders by a Lake

Alexandre Calame

Private collection

Study of Rocks

86: Study of Rocks

Joseph-Désiré Court

Private collection

View of Bozen with a Painter

87: View of Bozen with a Painter

Jules Coignet

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Limestone Rocks, Sorrento

88: Limestone Rocks, Sorrento

Carl Wilhelm Götzloff

Fondation Custodia

The Weeping Rock, Franchard Gorge, Fontainebleau Forest

89: The Weeping Rock, Franchard Gorge, Fontainebleau Forest

Anonymous Artist

Private collection

Volcanoes

Eruption of Vesuvius

90: Eruption of Vesuvius

Giuseppe de Nittis

Fondation Custodia

Eruption of Stromboli, 30 August 1842

91: Eruption of Stromboli, 30 August 1842

Jean-Charles Rémond

Private collection

The Neapolitan Coast with Vesuvius in Eruption

92: The Neapolitan Coast with Vesuvius in Eruption

Johan Christian Clausen Dahl

Fitzwilliam Museum

View of Naples with Vesuvius

93: View of Naples with Vesuvius

Louis Léopold Robert

Fondation Custodia

View of Vesuvius seen from the Ruins of Pompeii

94: View of Vesuvius seen from the Ruins of Pompeii

André Giroux

Fondation Custodia

Vesuvius in Eruption

95: Vesuvius in Eruption

Anicet-Charles-Gabriel Lemonnier

Fitzwilliam Museum

The Crater on the Summit of Mount Vesuvius

96: The Crater on the Summit of Mount Vesuvius

Thomas Jones

Fondation Custodia

Castel Sant'Elmo, from Capodimonte

97: Castel Sant'Elmo, from Capodimonte

Edgar Degas

Fitzwilliam Museum

View near Naples

98: View near Naples

Simon Denis

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

View of the Bridge and the Town of Cava, Kingdom of Naples

99: View of the Bridge and the Town of Cava, Kingdom of Naples

Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld

Fitzwilliam Museum

Scene near Naples

100: Scene near Naples

Thomas Jones

Fitzwilliam Museum

The Roman Theater at Taormina

101: The Roman Theater at Taormina

Louise-Joséphine Sarazin de Belmont

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Trees

Salisbury

103: Salisbury

John Constable

Fitzwilliam Museum

East Bergholt

104: East Bergholt

John Constable

Fitzwilliam Museum

A Beech Wood with Gypsies seated in the Distance

105: A Beech Wood with Gypsies seated in the Distance

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Fitzwilliam Museum

A Beech Wood with Gypsies round a Campfire

106: A Beech Wood with Gypsies round a Campfire

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Fitzwilliam Museum

The Oak and the Reed

107: The Oak and the Reed (Le chene et le roseau)

Achille-Etna Michallon

Fitzwilliam Museum

Trees in Front of a Valley

108: Trees in Front of a Valley

Simon Denis

Fondation Custodia

Study of a Tree

109: Study of a Tree

Anonymous Artist

Private collection

Study of a Tree in the Bois de Boulogne

110: Study of a Tree in the Bois de Boulogne

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes

Fondation Custodia

Forest Interior with a Painter, Civita Castellana

111: Forest Interior with a Painter, Civita Castellana

André Giroux

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Study of Trees

112: Study of Trees

Robert Léopold Leprince

Fondation Custodia

Study of a Fallen Dead Tree

113: Study of a Fallen Dead Tree

Anton Sminck Pitloo

Fondation Custodia

Isidore Dagnan at his Easel in the Open Air

114: Isidore Dagnan at his Easel in the Open Air

Edme-Adolphe Fontaine

Fondation Custodia

Vines seen through a Window

115: Vines seen through a Window

Max Hauschild

Fondation Custodia

Panoramic landscape of the river Moselle

116: Panoramic Landscape near the River Moselle

Théodore Rousseau

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Tree Crowns in a Forest (Ariccia?)

117: Tree Crowns in a Forest (Ariccia?)

Fritz Petzholdt

Fondation Custodia

Forest Interior with a Waterfall, Papigno

118: Forest Interior with a Waterfall, Papigno

André Giroux

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Uprooted Tree

119: Uprooted Tree

Francois Diday

Fondation Custodia

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