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

View of the Cascade of the Gorge near Allevard

1803
Oil on paper, 36 x 48 cm
Private collection

The gorge near Allevard lies on the Isère River where it flows down towards Grenoble, in the Dauphiné region of the foothills of the Alps. Bidauld had traveled through the Dauphiné in 1803 and made several wash drawings en plein air, as well as oil sketches.




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