Four Landscapes after Le Sueur

c. 1772

Mademoiselle Le Roy, after Louis Le Sueur

Associated Names
Mademoiselle Le Roy

Artist, French, 18th century

Francoise Basset

Publisher, French, active c. 1785 - active 1792

Louis Le Sueur

Artist After, French, 1746-1803

The image shows a pastoral scene with a rural village setting viewed from a slightly elevated point. The horizon line is positioned near the top of the image, beyond clusters of buildings and a large tree. Detailed etchings suggest a meticulous, illustrative style achieved through fine brushstrokes or engraving techniques, creating texture in the foliage, structures, and landscape. The scene is portrayed in a monochromatic sepia color palette, giving it a vintage or historic atmosphere. A pathway leads through rustic structures with figures engaged in daily activities, transitioning into natural countryside elements framed by the sky in the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chalk-manner printed in red on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Katharine Shepard Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.4 × 41.4 cm (11 9/16 × 16 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 32.9 × 47.2 cm (12 15/16 × 18 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.37.4


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Didier Martinez, Paris); (Joel R. Bergquist Fine Arts, Nashville, TN, 2012); purchased by NGA in 2020.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

upper center in plate: 4.e; upper right in plate: a.; lower center in plate: Vue du Moulin de Montville près Liancourt / A Paris chez Basset, rue Jacques, No. 670.; in plate, below image, at left: "Dessiné d'après nature par le Sueur; in plate, below image, at right: Gravé par Mlle Le Roy.


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