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Rooftops and Umbrella Pines
Rooftops and Umbrella Pines is a graphite drawing by the Baroque artist Joseph-Marie Vien. It dates from 1747 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
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Overview
Rooftops and Umbrella Pines is a graphite drawing on laid paper created by Joseph-Marie Vien in 1747. It represents an early work focusing on architectural and landscape themes.
Subject & Meaning
The subject matter highlights Vien's interest in capturing everyday urban and natural elements, foreshadowing his later artistic trajectory.
Technique & Style
Executed with technical precision, the drawing showcases Vien's attention to structural form, characteristics that would later define his Neoclassical approach in painting.
History & Provenance
Created in 1747, the drawing precedes Vien's rise as a prominent figure in French academic Neoclassical painting.
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Artist
Joseph-Marie Vien (18 June 1716 – 27 March 1809) was a French painter. He was the last holder of the post of Premier peintre du Roi, serving from 1789 to 1791, before it was abolished during the French Revolution.
Castel Sant'Angelo from the Northwest
Roman Buildings with an Open Shed
Houses beside a Road in Italy
Italian City Scene
A Waterfall near a Hilltown in Italy
Housetops behind a Wall
Chinese buildings, probably in Guangzhou (Canton)
Blacksmiths beneath a thatched shelter, with the church of S. Antonio, Macau
Dry-Dock, Southampton
Houses and a Garden on a Hillside in Italy
The Forno inside the Walls of the Vatican