Villa

1811

Mathias Gabriel Lory

Associated Names
Mathias Gabriel Lory

Artist, French, 1784 - 1846

The image shows a landscape with a village in a valley, a stone bridge over a river, people on a path and on horseback, houses, a church, trees, a mountain, and a cloudy sky. The brushstrokes depict detailed features and the color palette includes greens, blues, and browns.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored aquatint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Anonymous Gift

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.5 x 33.3 cm (10 1/16 x 13 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 27 x 41.2 cm (10 5/8 x 16 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.122.8

  • Series Title

    Voyage pittoresque de Genève à Milan par le Simplon (Paris, 1811)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Daniela Laube Inc., Fine Art, New York); gift to NGA, 2010.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Dessiné d'après nature par G. Lory fils; lower center in plate: VILLA

Watermarks

J. Whatman

Wikidata ID

Q76557858

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