1832
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Full and Complete Amnesty is a 1832 by Paul Huet, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This drawing shows a graveyard with broken tombstones scattered on the ground. A few headstones still stand, but they’re cracked or leaning. Trees with bare branches loom over the scene, and a dark church steeple rises in the middle. The sky is heavy with clouds, and the whole place looks abandoned. The title at the bottom reads *"Full and Complete Amnesty"*—it’s a political statement about forgiveness after a time of trouble. The artist made this in France around 1832, right after a big change in leadership. Next, check out Romanticism to see how artists used drama and emotion in their work.
Paul Huet (French pronunciation: ; 3 October 1803 – 8 January 1869) was a French painter and printmaker born in Paris.
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