Simon Denis, 'A Torrent at Tivoli', about 1789-93
A Torrent at Tivoli
On loan: Gere Collection Paintings to the Ashmolean (2024 - 2026), The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford, UK About the work
Overview
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.
Key facts
Details
- 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
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