Riverscape with a Waterfall

1768

Aignan-Thomas Desfriches

Associated Names
Aignan-Thomas Desfriches

Artist, French, 1715 - 1800

The image displays a landscape with a high horizon showing cloudy skies. There are trees and a distant building along the horizon. The brushstroke technique is detailed, with fine lines defining trees and the landscape's texture. In the foreground, figures are gathered near an old tree. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of grey. Water flows over rocks below a hill with a tree line. In the distance, subtle architectural structures are visible under a soft sky.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Sale, Paris, Hôtel des Ventes, 20 March 1899); (sale, New York, Sotheby's, 12 January 1994, lot 52); purchased by Ivan and Neil Phillips, Bedford, New York; gift to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

friches / 8 (the rest obscured by old mount)

Wikidata ID

Q64533489

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