L'Arc de Triomphe
1746
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
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Jean-Baptiste Rigaud
Jean-Baptiste Rigaud (1681–1812) was an artist.
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ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
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L'Arc de Triomphe is a 1746 ink by Jean-Baptiste Rigaud, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows Paris’s Arc de Triomphe standing tall under a stormy sky. Dark clouds swirl above its huge stone arches. Below, tiny figures hurry past—one man in a top hat stands out. Rigaud wasn’t painting from life. He copied an earlier drawing by another artist. The lines here are sharp and scratchy. Drypoint lets him scratch directly into the metal plate for those jagged edges. See how the lines change from deep black to pale gray? That’s drypoint at work. Try looking up Jean-Baptiste Rigaud next.
Jean-Baptiste Rigaud (1681–1812) was an artist.
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