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1778

Noël Le Mire after Jean-Michel Moreau

Associated Names
Noël Le Mire

Artist, French, 1724 - 1801

Jean-Michel Moreau the Younger

Artist After, French, 1741 - 1814

This is a drawing of a wooded landscape including a distant structure. The scene is set within a dense forest with large trees framing the composition. A path meanders through the woodland, leading to a clearing in the background where an architectural structure is partially visible. The drawing shows intricate hatching and delicate lines, typical of late 18th-century illustrative drawings. The caption in French at the bottom of the drawing adds to the enigmatic atmosphere of the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.2500

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bocher 1882, no. 1451, State iii/iii


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1882

  • Bocher, Emmanuel. Jean Michel Moreau le jeune. Les gravures francaises du XVIIIe siecle, 6. Paris: Damascene Morgand et Charles Fatout, 1882.

Wikidata ID

Q64960903

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