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Figures in a Landscape
About the Artwork
Hoüel’s oeuvre is dominated by images of landscapes in varied media. This ink and wash drawing portrays a scene of ordinary life in a verdant, mountainous environment. In the foreground, two men on horseback converse while others rest on a rock. On the left, the sail and rigging of a boat stalled in the harbor are visible.
Inscriptions
signed and dated, lower left corner, in brown ink: hoüel f. 1763; mount: lower right, blind stamp, Jean Baptiste Glomy (L.1085)
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel (French, 1735–1813)
- Date
- 1763
- Medium
- Black ink and gray wash; framing lines in brown ink
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 17.2 x 27.9 cm (6 3/4 x 11 in.); Overall: 21 x 31.7 cm (8 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Accession no.
- 2018.49
Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.
More by Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00011698
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