Paris, Seen from the Heights of the Père Lachaise explained

Paris, Seen from the Heights of the Père Lachaise
Artist:Louise-Joséphine Sarazin de Belmont
Year:1842–1859
Type:oil on canvas
Height Metric:140
Width Metric:198
Museum:Musée des Augustins de Toulouse
City:Toulouse

Paris, Seen from the Heights of the Père Lachaise (French: Paris, vu des hauteurs du Père Lachaise) is a landscape painting made between 1842 and 1859 by Louise-Joséphine Sarazin de Belmont. The painting depicts Père Lachaise cemetery.

History

The artist gave this painting to the Musée des Augustins de Toulouse in 1859, in memory of Augustine Dufresne (1789–1842), widow of Antoine-Jean Gros.

It was shown in the 1994 exhibition Toulouse à l'époque romantique.

Description

The foreground shows the family tombs of Gros and Dufresne.[1] The Italianate aspect of the landscape is similar to landscapes made by the artist in Italy:

References

Notes and References

  1. [:File:Fauveau Monument au Baron Gros (RA 948).jpg|Photo of the monument to Baron Gros]