Le Quai des Pâquis à Genève
"Le Quai des Pâquis à Genève" portrays a view painted from the right bank of the Rhone, with the Grand and Petit Salève in the distance. The work stands out on account of its exceptional clarity of expression and its light effects. The unusual blue colour of the water at Geneva was a characteristic of the Rhone noted in particular by Lord Byron; a guide published in 1838 compared it to "the indigo that flows from the dyer's vat".
| Title |
Le Quai des Pâquis à Genève
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| Category |
International classics
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| Artist |
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
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| Material |
Oil on canvas
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| Year |
ca. 1842
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| Size |
34 x 46 cm
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| Owner |
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