Le Corps de Garde
1834
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
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Alexandre Gabriel Decamps
Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps was a French painter noted for his Orientalist works.
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ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Le Corps de Garde is a 1834 ink by Alexandre Gabriel Decamps, a Romanticism work, depicting Orientalist Painting, held at National Gallery of Art.
This strange scene shows a guardroom, its doorway lit by a single torch. A soldier naps in a chair. Shadows from the torch stretch long across the wall. The air feels heavy with quiet tension. Decamps made this in the 1830s. It’s an etching, a print made by scratching lines into metal. He used drypoint too, which adds soft, fuzzy lines to the shadows. Look for tiny details in the soldier’s uniform. See how the torchlight changes the mood? Then check out another etching by Decamps, Alexandre-Gabriel.
Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps was a French painter noted for his Orientalist works.
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