DrawingsFrench19th century

Path in a Rustic Mountain Landscape

19th century

Artists

Gustave DoréArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor on off-white wove paper

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

61 x 39 cm (24 x 15 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Gustave Doré, (L.681a); his sale, Paris, 1885, possibly lot 134; private collection, France; Galerie Paul Prouté, Paris, sold; to Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston (as of 1996), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, inv. no. 2006.319

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