Mill with Bridge and Figures

Louis Gabriel Moreau the Elder

Associated Names
Louis Gabriel Moreau the Elder

Artist, French, 1739 - 1806

The image shows a rural scene with a house, path, water, bridge, figures, trees, and clouds. The house has a thatched roof and beige walls. A path leads to the water's edge where wooden beams and barrels are. A stream flows behind the house, crossed by a small bridge with two figures. In the distance, another thatched building is seen through the trees. The style includes fluid brushstrokes for the trees and foliage. Earth tones and muted greens dominate the color palette. The sky has washes of light gray and beige.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    support: 21 x 33.6 cm (8 1/4 x 13 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1963.15.21

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Pierre Decourcelle [1856-1927], Paris (sale Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 29-30 May 1911, no.131, as La Passerelle). (Anonymous sale Paris, Galerie Charpentier, 14-15 December 1933, no. 65, as La Passerelle, collection of M.B.W.). Richard Owen, Paris; purchased 1935 by Samuel H. Kress; gift 1963 to the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1977

  • Eisler, Colin. Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Schools Excluding Italian. Oxford, 1977: p.347: dK382, fig.316 (as Imitator of L.-G. Moreau).

Wikidata ID

Q64593409

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