River Landscape with a Bridge; Monkey Paging through a Book

1830/1835

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps

Associated Names
Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps

Artist, French, 1803 - 1860

The image depicts two separate scenes. The top section shows a figure with an open book, surrounded by dark, textured brushstrokes. The lower section shows a calm riverside landscape with a bridge, trees, tiny figures, and swirling clouds in the sky. The color palette is monochromatic, focusing on black, white, and shades of gray. Ducks are visible in the water near the riverbank.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper (2 subjects on one plate with remarques, proof)

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 26.3 x 17.1 cm (10 3/8 x 6 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 29.7 x 21.1 cm (11 11/16 x 8 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1999.47.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Moreau 1869, no. 14

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Alfred Beurdeley [1847-1919], Paris (Lugt 421, lot 162 from the eighth sale of his collection, 5-6 November 1920); (Paul Prouté S.A., Paris); purchased 1999 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1869

  • Moreau, Adolphe. Decamps et son oeuvre. Paris: D. Jouaust, 1869.

Inscriptions

lower left, in graphite: DC; lower center in graphite: Singe feuillelant un gros livre, et paysage M.14 RRR; verso, lower right in graphite 97/200; neee; 312

Wikidata ID

Q75421904

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