View Near Orleans
c. 1695–97
Isaac de Moucheron
Isaac de Moucheron (Dutch, 1667–1744)
Drawings
View Near Orleans, c. 1695–97. Isaac de Moucheron (Dutch, 1667–1744). Pen and brown ink, grey, brown, pink-brown, and pale grey mixed with white washes, with traces of graphite underdrawing on laid paper; framing lines in pen and brown ink; sheet: 22.8 x 29.4 cm (9 x 11 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2019.17 The Dutch artist Isaac de Moucheron’s view of a rural hillside is inscribed in Dutch “Buyten Orleans” (outside Orleans), indicating that he made the drawing while passing through France on a journey from the Netherlands to Italy. De Moucheron likely captured this scene with graphite and ink while on-site and then finished it later with gray, brown, and pink washes. Many Dutch artists took Italian sojourns to sketch the landscape, antique sculpture, and architecture. The artist captured this scene in France during a long journey from the Netherlands to Italy.
- Maker/Artist
- Moucheron, Isaac de
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- Pen and brown ink, grey, brown, pink-brown, and pale grey mixed with white washes, with traces of graphite underdrawing on laid paper; framing lines in pen and brown ink
- Medium
- pen, brown, ink, grey, pink-brown, pale, mixed, white, washes, traces, graphite, underdrawing, laid, paper, framing, lines
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 22.8 x 29.4 cm (9 x 11 9/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Upper center, in brown ink: Buyten Orleans Inscription: verso, in brown ink, lower left: N. 7. (numeral of Johan Goll van Franckenstein senior (Lugt. 2987) Inscription: verso, in graphite: 7. and d Moucheron? (crossed out) and 145 Inscription: Collector’s stamp verso, “PG”? in red ink Inscription: watermark: fleur de lys (Hinterding B-a_NGV-23-4)
- Departments
- Drawings
- Accession Number
- 2019.17
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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