Lake Fucino and the Abruzzi Mountains
ca. 1789
Medium
Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
Dimensions
10 x 19 in. (25.4 x 48.3 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Whitney Collection, Gift of Wheelock Whitney III, and Purchase, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. McVeigh, by exchange, 2003
Accession Number
2003.42.4
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Art Historical Context
Joseph Bidauld's *Lake Fucino and Abruzzi Mountains* (ca. 1789) captures the serene beauty of central Italy's dramatic landscape, featuring the vast, shimmering Lake Fucino framed by the rugged Abruzzi. This oil on paper, laid down on canvas, measures a modest 10 x 19 inches, suggesting it may have been a preparatory study or portable sketch created during Bidauld's travels. As a French landscape painter in the late 18 century, Bidauld in topographical views, blending Neoclassical precision with a growing Romantic appreciation for nature's grandeur. Painted around the time of the French Revol...