Imaginary Classical Landscape

c. 1700

Louis Chéron

Associated Names
Louis Chéron

Artist, French, 1660 - 1725

The image shows a classical landscape with a bird's-eye view perspective. Mountains are visible in the distance, partially obscured by clouds. Cypress trees dot the horizon. The foreground features architectural structures with classical elements and greenery. The painting is detailed, with delicate brushstrokes depicting architecture and nature accurately. The color scheme is primarily sepia and grey, creating a tranquil atmosphere. A path leads through the landscape.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash and white gouache on blue laid paper, laid down on an old mount

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as the Gift of Dian Woodner

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 23.6 × 40.7 cm (9 5/16 × 16 in.)
    mount: 33.4 × 50 cm (13 1/8 × 19 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.85.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collector, France; Mortimer Brandt, New York (not in Lugt, with inv. no. 1489); James and Constance Acquavella, Rochester, NY, 1970-1999; private collection, New York; (Galerie Motte Masselink, Paris); purchased 2017 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2023

  • Drawing in Britain, 1700 - 1900: New Additions to the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.

Bibliography

2021

  • Marandet, F. Louis Chéron (Paris, 1655 - Londres, 1725): L'ambition du dessin parfait. Caen, 2021: under no. 33, fig. 33a.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left on mount in pen and ink: francisque Millet; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: 2 Dessins/ De La hire; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 25; by later hand along lower left margin (vertically) in graphite: françois Millet

Markings

collector's mark of Mortimer Brandt, stamped in blue ink: M.B-N.Y., in a rectangle

Wikidata ID

Q64593395

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