Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen: Rue des Marmousets, Paris
1839
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1839
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
This sketch shows a narrow Parisian street corner with an old stone building. A woman in a red headscarf leans out a window, looking down at a small wooden cart below. The cart holds a few items: a basket, a bag, and a small dog. The building’s door is fancy with carvings, and a tall column stands beside a window with diamond-shaped panes. The artist drew tiny details like the woman’s posture and the street’s uneven stones. This sketch was made in 1839 to record old European streets before they changed. Check out Romanticism to see how artists used scenes like this to show history and emotion.
