1666
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Vue de l'Etang de Fontainebleau is a 1666 by Israël Silvestre, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This print shows a grand palace sitting across a wide pond, surrounded by trees. In the foreground, people ride horses, walk, or sit by the water, while a few boats drift on the pond. The palace has tall windows, a central dome, and long wings on either side, framed by neatly trimmed bushes and a path. The artist used fine lines to show every detail, from the folds in the riders’ clothes to the ripples in the water. This kind of careful drawing was common in the 1600s for capturing real places. Next, look up Baroque to see how this style shaped art and architecture.
Israel Silvestre (13 August 1621 in Nancy – 11 October 1691 in Paris), called the Younger to distinguish him from his father, was a prolific French draftsman, etcher and print dealer who specialized in topographical views and perspectives of famous buildings.
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