Vue de la cour du Château de Blois
1727
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1727
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Vue de la cour du Château de Blois is a 1727 by Jacques Rigaud, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This drawing shows a big, fancy courtyard with tall buildings on three sides. People in old-fashioned clothes walk around, some on foot, some in a horse-drawn carriage. The buildings have lots of windows and fancy details like columns and staircases. The sky is light, with just a few clouds. Notice how the artist used shading to make the buildings look solid. The courtyard looks empty but busy at the same time. Want to know more about the style this comes from? Try looking up Baroque.
