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River Landscape with a Fortress on a Hill

Georges FocusWW-1661-535261

1661·Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on cream laid paper·15 × 21 cm (5 15/16 × 8 5/16 in.)

Purchased with funds provided by Margaret Day Blake

Catalogue

Year: 1661
Medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on cream laid paper
Dimensions: 15 × 21 cm (5 15/16 × 8 5/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Georges Focus

Artist

Georges Focus

Painting

Georges Focus was a French engraver and painter who was born around 1639–1641 in Châteaudun and died on February 26 1708 in Paris. André Félibien calls him "Georges Faucus". He was a member of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, close to Charles Le Brun and Girard Audran. He is famous for the drawings he made while suffering from psychiatric troubles.

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