# From the Park of the Villa Chigi in Ariccia

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## Artwork

- Artist: [FRIES, Ernst](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fries-ernst-rb20c9a31fbe6ae>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Watercolour on pencil, 388 x 535 mm

## Commentary

Ernst Fries sought a realistic recreation of the phenomenon of light and absorbed the latest developments from painting into his watercolours. This picture with its subtly graded tones in attractive colours shows a sunlit forest. Fries combined precision - in his drawing of the half-ruined staircase and the tree roots - with a rich application of wash which only hinted at detail, and which united the foreground and foliage.

## Related artworks

- [The Liris Waterfalls near Isola di Sora](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fries-ernst-rb20c9a31fbe6ae/the-liris-waterfalls-near-isola-di-sora-rfc10a38353cf34>)

## Attribution

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