Landscape with Peasants Fording a Stream

1756

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This previously unknown landscape drawing is among the earliest known works by Le Prince, made when he was still working closely with his teacher, François Boucher (1703-1770). It clearly displays the lineage of Boucher's particular conception of the pastoral, combining a strong interest in northern art with a Rococo sensibility, while at the same time anticipating the arabesque-based compositions and delicate use of wash that characterize Le Prince's mature landscapes.

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Title: Landscape with Peasants Fording a Stream
Artist: Jean-Baptiste Le Prince (French, Metz 1734–1781 Saint-Denis-du-Port)
Date: 1756
Medium: Red chalk with brush and brown and gray wash
Dimensions: 12 5/16 x 16 1/8 in. (31.3 x 41 cm.)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Purchase, Sally and Howard Lepow and Stephen A. Geiger Gifts, and Mary Oenslager Fund, 2005
Object Number: 2005.168
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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