Victor-Jean Nicolle
Topographical records of classical ruins
Victor-Jean Nicolle was a French artist. Nicolle was born in the city of Paris. He revealed his talent for landscape compositions at an early age when, in 1771, as a pupil of the Royal School of Drawing he won the Perspective Prize. He acquired a passion for depicting the architecture of classical ruins and in pursuit of this passion he embarked on a journey throughout southern Europe- Italy (Venice, Bologna, Florence, Naples and Rome) as well as France. Fascinated by Rome, he made two trips there, 1787–89 and 1806–11, to draw the buildings. Victor-Jean Nicolle's compositions include such works as the Pont Neuf seen through a circular window in the Louvre (shortly after 1808) which illustrates the view taken from one of the circular windows behind the colonnade of the east front of the Louvre, in Paris, hence the title of his work. His work forms a significant historic and topographical record of urban settings.
Artworks by this artist (22 total)
- The Pantheon
- Courtyard of the Chateau de Saint-Cloud
- Le Pont au Double, l’Hôtel-Dieu et le Petit Châtelet
- Village in an Alpine Valley
- Fontana di Trevi, gezien vanuit het Westen 1787 - 1811
- Le Palais Farnèse vu depuis les quais du Tibre à Rome
- The Tiber at the Outskirts of Rome
- View of the Roman Forum with the Column of Phocas and the Temple of Saturn
- View of the Roman Forum with the Temple of Saturn in the Background
- Architektonisches Capriccio; Ruinen einer Tempelfassade, im Hintergrund Landschaft mit Gebäuden und Seebucht
- Architektonisches Capriccio; Tempelruine und Figurenstaffage
- Vue du Pont Neuf et de la Samaritaine prise sous une arche du Pont au Change 1779
- Town in an Alpine Valley
- Architektonisches Capriccio; Inneres einer Tempelruine mit einer Statue des Jupiter tonans und Figurenstaffage
- Architektonisches Capriccio, Ruinen einer Tempelfassade, im Hintergrund Landschaft mit Gebäuden und Seebucht
- Man Seated in Prison 1781
- Ruïne van een antiek badhuis 1787 - 1811
- Architektonisches Capriccio; Ruinen eines Rundtempels, im Hintergrund die Trajansäule
- Fantasy View of the Roman Forum
- The Colosseum