Travelers on a Road in a Wooded Landscape

Jean Baptiste Claude Chatelain

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Jean Baptiste Claude Chatelain

Artist, French, 1710 - 1771

The image shows a landscape with a slightly elevated perspective. The horizon is above the midpoint, with clusters of trees. The sketch is done with fine, cross-hatched pencil strokes, creating texture in the foliage and sky. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of grey and black. A path winds through dense foliage, leading to figures walking and riding a horse. In the background, the trees become denser, with birds in the sky.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sabin Galleries, Limited, London; William B. O'Neal [1907-1994], Charlottesville, VA, January 1976; gift to NGA, 1991.

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Exhibition History

1975

  • Early English Watercolors and Drawings, Sabin Galleries, Ltd., London, April 22-May 17, 1975, no. 24.

Bibliography

1993

  • National Gallery of Art. Drawings from the O'Neal Collection. Exh. cat. Washington, 1993, checklist p. 91.

Wikidata ID

Q64580994

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