Landscape with Peasants Fording a Stream

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince

1756 · Red chalk with brush and brown and gray wash · Drawings and Prints

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.

Artist

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince

Date

1756

Medium

Red chalk with brush and brown and gray wash

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Purchase, Sally and Howard Lepow and Stephen A. Geiger Gifts, and Mary Oenslager Fund, 2005