BIDAULD, Jean-Joseph-Xavier
(b. 1758, Carpentras, d. 1846, Montmorency)

View of the Waterfalls at Tivoli

1788
Oil on paper on canvas, 51 x 38 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington

This painting is a typical example of the many studies, painted in oils on paper, that Bidauld executed in the open air on his extensive trips through the countryside during his Italian sojourn from 1785 through 1790. They are not sketches but pictures finished in the studio.