A holiday in the park

Saint-Aubin, Gabriel de (1724-1780)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
ca. 1760
Height:
19.8 cm  (7 13/16 in.)
Width:
31.3 cm  (12 5/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
brush and brown and gray wash, with gouache, watercolor, and traces of graphite

    Item location

  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    [Museum inv. no.: 1966.124]

Description

A crowd of about 35 appears in the background. To the right, within the crowd, a small band plays: the first figure plays a large bowed string instrument, the second plays a viola, and the third plays an unidentifiable bowed instrument. A couple dances in the foreground.

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Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

2105