View near Orleans

c. 1695–97

Isaac de Moucheron

(Dutch, 1667–1744)

Culture

Medium

Pen and brown ink, grey, brown, pink-brown, and pale grey mixed with white washes, with traces of graphite underdrawing on laid paper; framing lines in pen and brown ink

Measurements

Support: 35.2 x 42.5 cm (13 7/8 x 16 3/4 in.); Matted: 38.4 x 46.8 x 0.5 cm (15 1/8 x 18 7/16 x 3/16 in.); Image: 22.8 x 29.4 cm (9 x 11 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

John L. Severance Fund 2019.17

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Location

Not on view

Did You Know?

The artist captured this scene in France during a long journey from the Netherlands to Italy.

Description

The Dutch artist Isaac de Moucheron’s view of a rural hillside is inscribed in Dutch “Buyten Orleans” (outside Orleans), indicating that he made the drawing while passing through France on a journey from the Netherlands to Italy. De Moucheron likely captured this scene with graphite and ink while on-site and then finished it later with gray, brown, and pink washes. Many Dutch artists took Italian sojourns to sketch the landscape, antique sculpture, and architecture.