The Church of Valery at Varengeville

Image credit: The Henry Barber Trust, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham

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This drawing is of interest as an alternative and near-contemporary view of the subject of the Barber’s great painting by Monet. It is also a fine sketch from nature in its own right. It would have been made on one of Isabey’s several trips to the Normandy village of Varengeville and the area during the 1850s and 1860s. The cliff-top church of St Valéry dates back to around 600AD. The celebrated Cubist artist Georges Braque (1882–1963) designed a stained glass window for the church and is buried in its graveyard.

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts

Birmingham

Title

The Church of Valery at Varengeville

Date

1850s–1860s

Medium

pencil & watercolour on paper

Measurements

H 32 x W 23.5 cm

Accession number

2011.1

Acquisition method

acquired, 2011

Work type

Drawing

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