View from a Ridge to a Village and Distant Mountain

Hubert Robert, probably c. 1754/1765

The image is a circular pencil sketch depicting a pastoral scene from a slightly elevated viewpoint. In the drawing, there are architectural structures to the left, with a bridge crossing over a river or stream. In… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Hubert Robert ¹
Date: probably c. 1754/1765 ¹
Medium: graphite on laid paper ¹
Original: 3,816 × 3,513 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Julius S. Held Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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