Art Institute of Chicago
Relais, Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris (recto); Scene from the Life of Odysseus (verso)
Christoffer Wilhelm EckersbergLinkedCulture matchlcp-b9c64679657d
- Date
- 1812
- Medium
- Pen and black ink, with brush and gray and brown washes, over graphite (recto); graphite and pen and black ink (verso) on off-white wove paper
- Culture
- Denmark
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 214356
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
When the young and ambitious Eckersberg entered Jacques-Louis David’s Parisian studio in 1811, he was encouraged to make studies after nature and therefore carried a sketchbook with him while moving through the city and the surrounding countryside. In a diary entry dated September 15, 1812, he recorded a tour of the Champs-Élysées, rendered here with deft handling of perspective and the witty detail of a young woman adjusting her stocking.
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- Regenstein Endowment Fund
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- Object type
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