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Théodore Caruelle d' Aligny

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Théodore Caruelle d'Aligny was a French painter of landscape and architectural subjects who spent much of his career in Italy, where he developed a methodical approach to plein-air observation and classical composition. Working primarily in oil and watercolor during the early nineteenth century, his work bridges Neoclassical restraint and Romantic attention to light and atmosphere. He was instrumental in establishing landscape painting as a serious intellectual pursuit in French academic practice, combining precise topographical study with idealized harmonies drawn from Old Master tradition.

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View from the Banks of the Illisós: Mountains of the Argolid, Temple of Olympic Jupiter, the Acropolis, Palace of King Corydalus, Village of Ambelo'kypos, Mount Anchesmos, Forest of Olives and the River Illisós

1846 · Etching on ivory China paper, laid down on white wove paper

Image: 32.5 × 48 cm (12 13/16 × 18 15/16 in.); Plate: 43.5 × 59.6 cm (17 3/16 × 23 1/2 in.); Primary support: 33.7 × 48.8 cm (13 5/16 × 19 1/4 in.); Secondary support: 49.5 × 69 cm (19 1/2 × 27 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cyclades: the Porticos of Philip, Port of Dhílos, Rinea (or Greater Dhílos) and Tínos

1846 · Etching on ivory China paper, laid down on white wove paper

Image: 33.1 × 48.5 cm (13 1/16 × 19 1/8 in.); Plate: 49.3 × 59.4 cm (19 7/16 × 23 7/16 in.); Primary support: 34 × 49.1 cm (13 7/16 × 19 3/8 in.); Secondary support: 49.6 × 64 cm (19 9/16 × 25 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Corinth: Temple of Neptune and the Acrocorinth

1846 · Etching on ivory China paper, laid down on white wove paper

Image: 32.5 × 47.8 cm (12 13/16 × 18 7/8 in.); Plate: 44 × 59.5 cm (17 3/8 × 23 7/16 in.); Primary support: 33.5 × 48.3 cm (13 1/4 × 19 1/16 in.); Secondary support: 50 × 64 cm (19 11/16 × 25 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View of Corinth

1845 · Etching on ivory China paper, laid down on white wove paper

Image: 32.9 × 48.1 cm (13 × 18 15/16 in.); Plate: 43.5 × 59.4 cm (17 3/16 × 23 7/16 in.); Primary support: 33.8 × 48.9 cm (13 5/16 × 19 5/16 in.); Secondary support: 49.2 × 63.8 cm (19 3/8 × 25 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View of Délos: Cyclades. Port of Délos, Paros and Greater Délos

1845 · Etching on ivory China paper, laid down on white wove paper

Image: 32.5 × 47.9 cm (12 13/16 × 18 7/8 in.); Plate: 43.5 × 59.5 cm (17 3/16 × 23 7/16 in.); Primary support: 33.5 × 48.2 cm (13 1/4 × 19 in.); Secondary support: 49.5 × 63.8 cm (19 1/2 × 25 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Attica Viewed from Mount Pentéli

1845 · Etching on ivory China paper, laid down on white wove paper

Image: 33 × 48.1 cm (13 × 18 15/16 in.); Plate: 43.8 × 59.5 cm (17 1/4 × 23 7/16 in.); Primary support: 34.2 × 48.8 cm (13 1/2 × 19 1/4 in.); Secondary support: 49.6 × 64 cm (19 9/16 × 25 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Corinth: Temple of Neptune

1845 · Etching on ivory China paper, laid down on white wove paper

Image: 32.6 × 48 cm (12 7/8 × 18 15/16 in.); Plate: 49.3 × 59.4 cm (19 7/16 × 23 7/16 in.); Primary support: 34 × 48.7 cm (13 7/16 × 19 3/16 in.); Secondary support: 49.6 × 63.4 cm (19 9/16 × 25 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Acropolis of Athens

1845 · Etching on ivory China paper, laid down on white wove paper

Image: 32.5 × 47.9 cm (12 13/16 × 18 7/8 in.); Plate: 43.5 × 59.5 cm (17 3/16 × 23 7/16 in.); Primary support: 33.6 × 48.8 cm (13 1/4 × 19 1/4 in.); Secondary support: 49.6 × 64.3 cm (19 9/16 × 25 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View of One of the Springs of Mount Pentéli

1845 · Etching on ivory China paper, laid down on white wove paper

Image: 32.5 × 47.8 cm (12 13/16 × 18 7/8 in.); Plate: 43.5 × 59 cm (17 3/16 × 23 1/4 in.); Primary support: 33.4 × 48.5 cm (13 3/16 × 19 1/8 in.); Secondary support: 49.9 × 64.2 cm (19 11/16 × 25 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Acropolis, Athens: The Pnyx, Areopagus, Acropolis and Mount Hymmettos

1845 · Etching on ivory China paper, laid down on white wove paper

Image: 32.9 × 48.3 cm (13 × 19 1/16 in.); Plate: 43.9 × 59.4 cm (17 5/16 × 23 7/16 in.); Primary support: 34.2 × 49 cm (13 1/2 × 19 5/16 in.); Secondary support: 49.6 × 64.1 cm (19 9/16 × 25 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View of the Serpentara Between Olivano and Civitella

1825 · Pen and brown ink with traces of graphite on cream laid paper

25.7 × 41 cm (10 1/8 × 16 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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