Mill at Gravelle, II
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 13.5 × 18.5 cm (5 3/8 × 7 5/16 in.); Sheet: 21.7 × 28.4 cm (8 9/16 × 11 3/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
41730
Art Historical Context
**Mill at Gravelle, II** is a delicate lithograph by French artist Louis Jules Frederic Vill, created between 1824 and 1827. This intimate print captures a serene landscape scene featuring a mill at Gravelle, likely a quiet riverside spot near Paris, rendered in crisp black ink on creamy ivory laid paper. Measuring just 13.5 × 18.5 cm for the image, its modest scale invites close viewing, evoking the everyday beauty of the French countryside during the Restoration period. Lithography, a revolutionary technique invented just decades earlier, allowed Villeneuve to draw directly onto a prepared ...