Ruined Buildings near a River Bank

Louis Gabriel Moreau the Elder

Associated Names
Louis Gabriel Moreau the Elder

Artist, French, 1739 - 1806

The image shows an ancient building with a tower, surrounded by overgrown vegetation. The background features a sky with stylized clouds. The technique appears to be an etching or pen-and-ink drawing, characterized by fine lines creating a textured surface. The color palette is monochromatic, primarily dark lines against cream-toned paper. In the distance, a small figure walks along a path leading to rolling hills under the sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.1300

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Proute 1956, no. 14, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1956

  • Proute, Paul. Les eaux-fortes de Louis Moreau l'aine; essai de catalogue. Paris: Published by the author, 1956.

Wikidata ID

Q65511041

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