Who created "Town in an Alpine Valley"?

Town in an Alpine Valley was created by Victor Jean Nicolle in n.d..

Is "Town in an Alpine Valley" in the public domain?

Yes, Town in an Alpine Valley is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Town in an Alpine Valley

Q: What medium is "Town in an Alpine Valley"?

Town in an Alpine Valley is Pen and brown ink, brush and brown, blue-gray and reddish washes, heightened with white and blue gouache over graphite.

Victor Jean Nicolle

n.d.

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown, blue-gray and reddish washes, heightened with white and blue gouache over graphite

Dimensions

12 3/16 x 16 15/16 in. (30.9 x 43.1 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1963

Accession Number

63.76.5

Tags

BuildingsTownsMountainsLandscapes

Art Historical Context

Nestled in the dramatic embrace of towering Alpine peaks, Victor Jean Nicolle's *Town in an Alpine Valley captures the serene beauty of a European mountain village. Clusters of sturdy buildings hug the valley floor, dwarfed by jagged mountains that rise sharply against the sky—a timeless scene evoking the Romantic fascination with nature's grandeur and human harmony within it. This undated drawing invites viewers to imagine crisp alpine air and distant echoes of cowbells, blending architectural detail with sweeping landscape vistas. Nicolle masterfully employs a rich mixed-media technique: pr...

About the Artist

Victor Jean Nicolle · 1754–1826

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