Museum Exhibition
Catalogue of Works
True to Nature: Open-Air Painting in Europe, 1780–1870
National Gallery of Art
15 documented works

Constable, John
Cloud Study: Stormy Sunset
1821-1822
oil on paper on canvas
overall: 20.3 × 27.3 cm (8 × 10 3/4 in.) framed: 33.97 × 41.91 × 8.57 cm (13 3/8 × 16 1/2 × 3 3/8 in.)
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Giroux, André
Forest Interior with a Painter, Civita Castellana
1825/1830
oil on paper
overall: 29 x 44 cm (11 7/16 x 17 5/16 in.) framed: 42.2 x 59.4 x 5.4 cm (16 5/8 x 23 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.)
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Giroux, André
Forest Interior with a Waterfall, Papigno
1825/1830
oil on paper
overall: 29.5 x 44.5 cm (11 5/8 x 17 1/2 in.) framed: 42.6 x 57.5 x 5.6 cm (16 3/4 x 22 5/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
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Fragonard, Jean Honoré
Mountain Landscape at Sunset
c. 1765
oil on paper
overall: 21.5 x 32.8 cm (8 7/16 x 12 15/16 in.) framed: 32.2 x 43.5 x 4.4 cm (12 11/16 x 17 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
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Rousseau, Théodore
Panoramic Landscape near the River Moselle
c. 1830
oil on canvas
overall: 22.1 x 75.9 cm (8 11/16 x 29 7/8 in.) framed: 47.6 x 101 x 7 cm (18 3/4 x 39 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
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Giroux, André
Santa Trinità dei Monti in the Snow
1825/1830
oil on paper on canvas
overall: 22 x 30 cm (8 11/16 x 11 13/16 in.) framed: 34.6 x 42.1 x 3.8 cm (13 5/8 x 16 9/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
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Valenciennes, Pierre-Henri de
Study of Clouds over the Roman Campagna
c. 1782/1785
oil on paper on cardboard
overall (paper support): 19 x 32.1 cm (7 1/2 x 12 5/8 in.) overall (paperboard support): 19.6 x 33 cm (7 11/16 x 13 in.) framed: 30.5 x 43.2 x 2.1 cm (12 x 17 x 13/16 in.)
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Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille
The Island and Bridge of San Bartolomeo, Rome
1825/1828
oil on paper on canvas
overall: 27 x 43.2 cm (10 5/8 x 17 in.) framed: 50.8 x 66.4 x 7.6 cm (20 x 26 1/8 x 3 in.)
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Sarazin de Belmont, Louise-Joséphine
The Roman Theater at Taormina
1828
oil on paper on canvas
overall: 43.2 x 59.7 cm (17 x 23 1/2 in.) framed: 55.9 x 71.8 x 5.1 cm (22 x 28 1/4 x 2 in.)
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Fleury, Léon-François-Antoine
The Tomb of Caecilia Metella
c. 1830
oil on canvas
overall: 27.9 x 33 cm (11 x 13 in.) framed: 38.7 x 48.3 x 5.7 cm (15 1/4 x 19 x 2 1/4 in.)
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Denis, Simon
View near Naples
c. 1806
oil on paper on canvas
overall: 31.2 x 41.8 cm (12 5/16 x 16 7/16 in.) framed: 40.3 x 51.6 x 5.6 cm (15 7/8 x 20 5/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
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Coignet, Jules
View of Bozen with a Painter
1837
oil on paper on canvas
overall: 31 x 39 cm (12 3/16 x 15 3/8 in.) framed: 43.8 x 51.4 x 5.1 cm (17 1/4 x 20 1/4 x 2 in.)
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Coignet, Jules
View of Lake Nemi
1843
oil on paper on canvas
overall: 27 x 36 cm (10 5/8 x 14 3/16 in.) framed: 37.2 x 46 x 4.4 cm (14 5/8 x 18 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
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Eckersberg, Christoffer Wilhelm
View of the Cloaca Maxima, Rome
1814
oil on canvas
overall: 31.8 x 47.4 cm (12 1/2 x 18 11/16 in.) framed: 46.7 x 62.2 x 5.1 cm (18 3/8 x 24 1/2 x 2 in.)
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Bidauld, Jean Joseph Xavier
View of the Waterfalls at Tivoli
1788
oil on paper on canvas
overall: 50.8 x 38.1 cm (20 x 15 in.) framed: 67.3 x 54.6 x 5.1 cm (26 1/2 x 21 1/2 x 2 in.)
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