Landweg naar een huis aan het water

About this artwork

collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Art Historical Context

**Landweg naar een huis aan het water** (Country Road to a House the Water), an etching by French artist Louis Gabriel Moreau from the 1770s, captures a serene rural landscape. Created during the late Rococo period, this small print (121 × 174 mm) likely depicts a winding path leading to a modest home nestled by water, evoking picturesque idylls popular in 18th-century art. Moreau, a skilled Parisian engraver active in the second half of the 1700s, specialized in such intimate vignettes, blending delicate natural details with a sense of everyday tranquility. Etching, Moreau's chosen medium, i...

About the Artist

Louis Gabriel Moreau · 1740–1806

Comment on works: Landscapes; Views of parkland; Ruins; Views of Paris; Ceremonial scenes