Vue d'une ruine près Chantilly (View of a Ruin near Chantilly)

c. 1772

Mademoiselle Le Roy, after Louis Le Sueur

Associated Names
Mademoiselle Le Roy

Artist, French, 18th century

Francoise Basset

Publisher, French, active c. 1785 - active 1792

Louis Le Sueur

Artist After, French, 1746-1803

The image shows a landscape with architectural elements. Buildings can be seen in the far distance, integrated into hills. The style appears to be an etching or engraving with detailed lines. The color scheme is sepia and brown. In the foreground, there is water, foliage, and a partially ruined structure with a statue, surrounded by greenery. Trees and plants are present throughout the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chalk-manner printed in red on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Katharine Shepard Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.2 × 41.2 cm (11 1/2 × 16 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 32.9 × 47 cm (12 15/16 × 18 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.37.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Didier Martinez, Paris); (Joel R. Bergquist Fine Arts, Nashville, TN, 2012); purchased by NGA in 2020.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: 1.2; in plate, below image, at left: Dessiné d'après nature par le Sueur; in plate, below image, at right: Gravé par Mlle Le Roy.; in plate, below image in center: Vue d'une Ruine près Chantilly / A Paris chez Basset, rue Jacques, No. 670

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