Swiss Landscape with a Village in the Distance
1726 to 1750
Medium
watercolor over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 21.1 x 25.9 cm (8 5/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of William B. O'Neal
Accession Number
1995.52.117
Art Historical Context
**Swiss Landscape with a Village in Distance** *Sarah Grace Lushington,1726–1750* Watercolor over graphite on w paper, 21.1 × 25.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Gift of William. O’Neal led in the National Gallery of Art’s collection, Sarah Grace Lushington’sSwiss Landscape with a Village the Distance* captures the majesty of the Swiss countryside during the early 18th century. Created between 1726 and 1750, this intimate drawing showcases a distant village nestled amid rolling hills and mountains, evoking the growing European fascination with Alpine scenery. As travel accounts from the ...