Sunset Over the Hill

Also known as: Landscape

Inscriptions

signed, lower right, in brown ink: A. Legros [underlined] ; SECONDARY SUPPORT (fragment, now removed), in blue ink: A Legros . / Coucher / Coucher [crossed out] de soleil sur la colline

Provenance

[Herbert N. Bier]

Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1970. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971). The Vocabulary of Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 29-December 31, 1975). Brush Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 3-May 10, 1981). Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982). The Impressionist Aesthetic. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 10-October 31, 1982).

Quick Overview

Artist: Alphonse Legros (French, 1837–1911)
Date: last half 1800s
Medium: watercolor and gouache
Dimensions: Sheet: 44 x 36.4 cm (17 5/16 x 14 5/16 in.); Secondary Support: 44 x 36.4 cm (17 5/16 x 14 5/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawing
Department: Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Frederick M. Mayer
Accession no.: 1969.276

More by Alphonse Legros in museum collections

Head of a Man
Alphonse Legros
1877 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00002091
Head of a Man
Alphonse Legros
1886 · Drawing
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00011070
Nude Woman
Alphonse Legros
c. 1853–1911 · Drawing
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00011712
Sir Frederick Leighton
Alphonse Legros
1878 · Drawing
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00011715

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.