Figures in a Landscape (1763): Art, History and Details
Figures in a Landscape at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1763, Black ink and gray wash; framing lines in brown ink. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Figures in a Landscape (1763) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel (French, 1735–1813).
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Hoüel’s oeuvre is dominated by images of landscapes in varied media. This ink and wash drawing portrays a scene of ordinary life in a verdant, mountainous environment. In the foreground, two men on horseback converse while others rest on a rock. On the left, the sail and rigging of a boat stalled in the harbor are visible.
Object facts
- Title: Figures in a Landscape
- Date: 1763
- Creator attribution: Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel (French, 1735–1813)
- Culture: France
- Type: Drawing
- Technique: Black ink and gray wash; framing lines in brown ink
- Dimensions: Sheet: 17.2 x 27.9 cm (6 3/4 x 11 in.); Overall: 21 x 31.7 cm (8 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.)
- Collection: DR - French
- Department: Drawings
- Accession number: 2018.49
Collection credit
Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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