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Wooded Landscape with Village Scene, early 1770s (not later than 1772). Varnished gouache, over black and red chalks, on cream laid paper, laid down on canvas, stretched on a wooden stretcher and varnished again.
Varnished gouache, over black and red chalks, on cream laid paper, laid down on canvas, stretched on a wooden stretcher and varnished again · 43.5 × 55.9 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Wooded Landscape with Village Scene
- Artist
- Thomas Gainsborough English, 1727–1788
- Date
- early 1770s (not later than 1772)
- Medium
- Varnished gouache, over black and red chalks, on cream laid paper, laid down on canvas, stretched on a wooden stretcher and varnished again
- Dimensions
- 43.5 × 55.9 cm (17 3/16 × 22 1/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1727–1788
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.