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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

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

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

The Ponte Nomentano, the Sabine Hills in the Distance

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

Franz Ludwig Catel

Fondation Custodia

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

View of Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen

65: View of Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen

Constantin Hansen

Fondation Custodia

Bodies of Water

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

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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