The Banks of the Rance, Brittany, possibly 1785, Oil on paper, laid down on canvas, 8 3/8 x 19 3/8 in. (21.3 x 49.2 cm), Paintings, Pierre Henri de Valenciennes (French, Toulouse 1750–1819 Paris), This study is the product of one of the earliest known plein-air painting excursions on the Channel coast. With a painterly sensibility honed by the direct observation of nature, Valenciennes sketched the light, atmosphere, and swiftly moving water at the mouth of the river Rance
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Banks, Rance, Brittany, 1785, Oil, paper, laid down, canvas, 8 3/8 x 19 3/8, 21.3 49.2 cm, Paintings, Pierre Henri de Valenciennes, French, Toulouse, 1750–1819, Paris, study, product, earliest, plein-air painting, excursions, Channel coast, painterly sensibility, honed, direct observation, nature, Valenciennes sketched, light, atmosphere, swiftly moving, water, mouth, river Rance
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