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Mountain Landscape with Figures and Buildings

Thomas GainsboroughWW-1780-T004786

1780·Black and white chalk with stumping, on blue-gray paper·Sheet: 10 5/16 × 15 15/16 in. (26.2 × 40.5 cm)

Catalogue

Year: 1780
Medium: Black and white chalk with stumping, on blue-gray paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 5/16 × 15 15/16 in. (26.2 × 40.5 cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Thomas Gainsborough

Artist

Thomas Gainsborough

Painting

Thomas Gainsborough was an English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker. Along with his rival Sir Joshua Reynolds, he is considered one of the most important British artists of the second half of the 18th century. He painted quickly, and the works of his maturity are characterised by a light palette and easy strokes.

Sudbury, UK

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