Panoramic View across a Terraced Park

1780/1790

Louis Gabriel Moreau the Elder

Associated Names
Louis Gabriel Moreau the Elder

Artist, French, 1739 - 1806

The image shows a landscape viewed from an elevated perspective. In the foreground, there is a terrace with small figures moving about. In the background, there are mountains under a pale blue sky with clouds. The painting style is realistic with clear details. The color palette includes muted tones of green, blue, and earth colors. Trees and greenery dot the land in the distance. Statues flank the terrace, adding grandeur to the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gouache and watercolor over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 31 x 46.4 cm (12 3/16 x 18 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1963.15.20

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Richard Owen, Paris (Listed as ‘by tradition M. Coindet, First Secretary of Necker’ [1]); purchased 1935 by Samuel H. Kress, New York; gift 1963 to the National Gallery of Art.
[1] No information was found on neither Monsieur Coindet, nor Necker.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1978

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, p. 89.

1985

  • Landscape Drawings from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985.

1990

  • Gardens on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1200-1900, NGA, 1990, no. 79, repro.

2009

  • Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009, 250-251, 291, no. 109 (color).

Bibliography

1977

  • Eisler, Colin. Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Schools Excluding Italian. Oxford, 1977: 346, dK385, fig. 315.

Inscriptions

initialed by the artist in brush and gray wash on the stone wall at left: LM; and again in brush and black wash in the foliage at lower left, LM (now almost invisible)

Wikidata ID

Q64593408

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