CC0 · no rights reserved
Châteauvieux-sur-Suran
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
This view of a ruined building on a rocky cliff in Châteauvieux above the Suran river in the French Alps is constructed in the manner of a classical or ideal landscape. Forms recede at a measured pace along a sinuous, curving path that passes through carefully defined planes of fore, middle, and background. The warm, glowing light and imaginary figures pursuing their daily tasks contribute to the mood of timeless, pastoral bliss.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineChâteauvieux-sur-Suran, 1848. Antoine-Claude Ponthus-Cinier (French, 1812–1885). Oil on paper mounted on fabric; unframed: 53.3 x 75.1 cm (21 x 29 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Noah L. Butkin, 1980.251
