Cleveland Museum of Art

View near Orleans

Date

c. 1695–97

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

Culture

Netherlands

Department

Drawings

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

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

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