The Banks of the Rance, Brittany, Pierre Henri de Valenciennes, possibly 1785
The Banks of the Rance, Brittany, possibly 1785, Oil on paper, laid down on canvas, 8 3/8 x 19 3/8 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Pierre Henri de Valenciennes (French, Toulouse 1750–1819 Paris), This study is the product of one of the earliest known plein-air painting excursions on the Channel coast. With a painterly sensibility honed by the direct observation of nature, Valenciennes sketched the light, atmosphere, and swiftly moving water at the mouth of the river Rance
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