DrawingsFrench18th-19th century

Landscape with a Gorge

18th-19th century

Artists

Jean Baptiste PillementArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper

Culture

French

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

26.8 x 34.8 cm (10 9/16 x 13 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.48

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