Marino and the Alban Hills

1769

Charles Joseph Natoire

Associated Names
Charles Joseph Natoire

Artist, French, 1700 - 1777

The image depicts a landscape with rolling hills, a distant building on a hill, a figure in red seated by a house with two cows, and small houses nestled among the hills. The scene is painted in watercolor with a soft color palette of browns, greens, and blues. Trees and expressive brushstrokes add to the serene atmosphere.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown and gray wash, watercolor, and white gouache over black chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Phillips Family Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 30.2 x 46.6 cm (11 7/8 x 18 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.36.2

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2009

  • Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009, 184-185, 286, no. 81 (color).

Inscriptions

lower center in pen and brown ink: C. Natoire a Marino 1769.

Wikidata ID

Q64538702

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