Cleveland Museum of Art
Figures in a Landscape
Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel
- Date
- 1763
- Medium
- Black ink and gray wash; framing lines in brown ink
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Drawings
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
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.
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