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View near Orleans

View near Orleans

c. 1695–97
(Dutch, 1667–1744)
Netherlands
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
Sheet: 22.8 x 29.4 cm (9 x 11 9/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 2019.17
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.
  • Jeronimus Tonneman [1687-1750], Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Maria Tonneman [d. 1752] (by inheritance), Amsterdam, Netherlands
    October 21, 1754
    Maria Tonneman sale, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Jonkheer Johan Goll van Franckenstein, Sr. [1722-1785], Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Jonkheer Johan Goll van Franckenstein, Jr. [1756-1821], Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Jonkheer Pieter Hendrick Goll van Franckenstein [1787-1832], Amsterdam, Netherlands
    July 1, 1833
    Jonkheer Pieter Hendrick Goll van Franckenstein sale, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Cornelis Steffelaar [1797-1861], Amsterdam and Haarlem, Netherlands
    October 15-16, 1861
    (possibly) Cornelis Steffelaar sale, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Antonius Wilhelmus Marie Mensing [1866-1936] Amsterdam and Aerdenhout, Netherlands
    October 26, 1937
    Antonius Wilhelmus Marie Mensing sale, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Private Collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    March 4, 2019
    the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • De Verzameling van Mr Chr. P. van Eeghen : Nederlandse en buitenlandse tekeningen tentoongesteld van 3 april tot 26 mei 1958, 's Rijks Prentenkabinet, Amsterdam : catalogus. Exh cat., Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, 1958 no. 68
    Wedde, Nina, and Isaac de Moucheron. Isaac De Moucheron (1667-1744): His Life and Works with a Catalogue Raisonné of His Drawings, Watercolours, Paintings, and Etchings. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 1996. Vol. I, p. 25, 35
    Alsteens, Stijn and Hans Buijs. Paysages de Frances: dessinés par Lambert Doomer et les artistes hollandaise et flamands des XVIe et XVIIe siècles. Paris: Fondation Custodia, 2008 cat. 108, p. 341-43
  • {{cite web|title=View near Orleans|url=false|author=Isaac de Moucheron|year=c. 1695–97|access-date=09 September 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2019.17