Soldiers in a Windy Landscape

1770s?

Jean-Baptiste Le Paon

Associated Names
Jean-Baptiste Le Paon

Artist, French, 1738 - 1785

The image depicts a caravan of people and animals traveling along a winding path. The horizon shows distant hills and a line of trees. The brushstrokes are detailed, capturing motion and patterns. The color palette includes soft grays, browns, and light tints. Large trees bend in the wind on the sides. Figures on horseback and foot lead the way with dogs. Wagons and more figures extend into the distance, showing continuous movement.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk and pen and brown ink with brown and gray wash on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29.1 × 40.2 cm (11 7/16 × 15 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.64.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Drouot, Paris, auction Magnin Wedry, 15 December 2015, no. 2); (Nicolas Schwed, Paris); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper center verso in brown ink: Le Paon; by later hand, upper center verso in graphite: M 14

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