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A Rocky Hillside, 1635/1636. Pen and brown ink, brush with brown, pink, and green wash, heightened with white gouache, over traces of red chalk, on cream laid paper.

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Pen and brown ink, brush with brown, pink, and green wash, heightened with white gouache, over traces of red chalk, on cream laid paper · 20.9 × 27.6 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title
A Rocky Hillside
Artist
Claude Lorrain French, 1600-1682
Date
1635/1636
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush with brown, pink, and green wash, heightened with white gouache, over traces of red chalk, on cream laid paper
Dimensions
20.9 × 27.6 cm (8 1/4 × 10 7/8 in.)
Credit line
The Regenstein Collection
Image license
CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record
Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1600–1682

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A Rocky Hillside · Claude Lorrain, 1635/1636
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