Dawn Landscape with Classical Ruins

1760s?

Jean-Baptiste Lallemand

Associated Names
Jean-Baptiste Lallemand

Artist, French, 1716 - c. 1803

The image shows a landscape with a natural and human presence. The viewpoint is slightly elevated. The sky is blue with some clouds. Near us, on the left, people work next to a rocky, green area with waterfalls. There is an ancient-looking stone structure. A small bridge crosses a river with figures and cattle. A tree stands on the right. The scene has rich colors like green, brown, blue, and yellow.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gouache on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Phillips Family Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 32.4 x 48.1 cm (12 3/4 x 18 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.41.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection (sale, Sotheby's, London, 20 March 1973, no. 140); purchased by Mrs. Scharf; (David Tunick, New York); NGA purchase with funds from the Phillips Family in 1983.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1983

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., September 1983.

2009

  • Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009, 182-183, 286, no. 80 (color).

Inscriptions

signed at lower right in white gouache: lallemand f

Wikidata ID

Q64581148

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