Landscape with Ruins (recto, from sketchbook)
1869
Medium
Graphite and white gouache on blue wove paper
Dimensions
4 1/2 x 9 in. (11.4 x 22.9 cm)
Classification
Drawing
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1982
Accession Number
1982.217.2b
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Art Historical Context
Jervis McEntee's *Landscape with Ruins (o, from sketchbook, created in 1869, the artist's keen eye for the interplay of nature and decay. This intimate graphite and white gouache drawing on wove paper measures just 4½ x 9 inches, typical of a portable sketchbook page used by 19th-century American artists on-site studies. The blue-tinted paper serves as a mid-tone ground, allowing McEntee to deftly layer pencil strokes for shadows and apply white gouache for luminous highlights, evoking atmospheric depth in a compact format. As a member of the Hudson River School, McEntee specialized in romant...
About the Artist
Jervis McEntee · 1828–1891
Hudson River School painter who divided his time between a studio in the Tenth Street Studio Building in New York and the Hudson River. He specialized in sober autumnal and winter landscapes.