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The Palace of the Popes and Pont d'Avignon
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About this work
This painting shows a view of the pope’s palace in Avignon, across the east bank of the Rhône River in southeastern France. From 1309 until the French Revolution, Avignon belonged to the papacy, a remnant of the schism that once left Europe with two popes, one in Rome and another in Avignon. On the left side of the painting is a Roman aqueduct, a reminder that the Roman Empire once extended into France. In 1910, Carroll Beckwith traveled through several towns in France, painting dozens of scenes like this one and capturing the effects of light and color on buildings, statues, and water.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineThe Palace of the Popes and Pont d'Avignon. 1911. Carroll Beckwith, born Hannibal, MO 1852-died New York City 1917. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Smithsonian Institution. CC0.
