Watercolor landscape view of Saint-Cloud after Michallon, riders, castle, 19th century
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Watercolor depicting a view of Saint-Cloud and its surroundings, with riders in the park in the foreground looking towards the Seine and its bridges (including the Pont de Sèvres), the Château visible in the background, after the work of Achille-Etna Michallon* (1796-1822), from the 19th century.
This watercolor is in good condition.
Please note: the paper is a little stained and yellowed in places, some damage to the frame, wear and tear, see photos.
Painter and lithographer. Born and died in Paris. Son of the sculptor Claude Michallon, having spent his childhood at the Louvre with his mother, widowed in 1799, Michallon was very quickly introduced to art. In 1808, he entered the studio of Henry-François Mulard (1769-1850), a student of David, then, in 1812, that of the painter Jean-Victor Bertin (1767-1842). The latter instilled in him a passion for Poussin's classical landscapes. At the same time, he attended the classes given by Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes at the École des Beaux-Arts and there is no reason why he did not also attend the master's studio. In 1817, he won the Prix de Rome for historical landscape, established that same year, and so he left for Rome. A resident landscaper at the Villa Medici, he produced numerous sketches and watercolors of Rome and its surroundings, carrying with him, as a guide, the treatise on the Elements of Practical Perspective by Valenciennes. In May 1819, he left the city for Naples, from where he hoped to reach Sicily. He returned to Paris in 1821. (See the Louvre website)