The House of York by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

Medium

Pen and brown and black ink with brush and brown and gray wash over graphite underdrawing

Dimensions

12 x 9 5/8 in. (30.5 x 24.4 cm.)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1969

Accession Number

69.572.4

Tags

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About the Artist

Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg · 17401812

Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg, born in Strasbourg in 1740 to a Swiss miniaturist and engraver, initially pursued studies at the University of Strasbourg for the Lutheran ministry before turning decisively to art. In 1755, he moved to Paris, where he studied under the history painter Charles-André van Loo and the battle specialist Francesco Giuseppe Casanova, later training with engraver Jean-Ge...

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