Landscape with Peasants before an Inn

probably 1768

Aignan-Thomas Desfriches

Associated Names
Aignan-Thomas Desfriches

Artist, French, 1715 - 1800

The image is a pencil drawing of a pastoral scene. The composition includes a man walking with an ox under trees on the left. In the center, there is a path leading to figures near a rocky, vegetated wall with windows. The drawing features detailed trees, crosshatched strokes for foliage, and a monochromatic color palette.

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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.

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Wikidata ID

Q64533491

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