Simon Denis

Key facts

Full title	A Torrent at Tivoli
Artist	Simon Denis
Artist dates	1755 - 1813
Date made	about 1789-93
Medium and support	Oil on paper laid on a plastic support
Dimensions	21.2 × 37.8 cm
Inscription summary	Signed
Acquisition credit	The Gere Collection, on long-term loan to the National Gallery
Inventory number	L820
Location	On loan: Gere Collection Paintings to the Ashmolean (2024 - 2026), The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford, UK
Image copyright	The Gere Collection, on long-term loan to the National Gallery, © Private collection 2000. Used by permission
Collection	Main Collection

A Torrent at Tivoli

Simon Denis

Denis painted this sketch while visiting the falls at Tivoli, probably in the early 1790s when he also painted the 'View of the Cascades at Tivoli'. Such sketches may have been made as studies for larger paintings or simply as studies for their own sake. Denis captures the effects of the foaming water gushing over rocks, its translucency and the shadows beneath its surface.

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Simon Denis, 'A Torrent at Tivoli', about 1789-93

A Torrent at Tivoli

A Torrent at Tivoli

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