View of the Park at Versailles: Terrace, Trees and Equestrian Statue
Medium
Brush and gray wash, with traces of black chalk, over graphite, on cream laid paper, squared in graphite for transfer
Dimensions
24.3 × 19.5 cm (9 5/8 × 7 11/16 in.)
Classification
ink or chalk wash
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
113761
About the Artist
Pierre Antoine Mongin · 1761–1827
Pierre-Antoine Mongin (1761–1827) was a prolific French painter, engraver, and designer whose career bridged the late Enlightenment and the Romantic era. Born in Paris, little is known of his early life beyond his formal training at the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture from 1782 to 1785, where he studied under the esteemed history painters Noël Hallé, Gabriel-François Doyen, and Françoi...