View of a Hilltown

Accession Number
2012/2.197

Title
View of a Hilltown

Artist(s)
Pierre Antoine Patel

Medium & Support
pen and brown and black ink grey wash over red chalk on thin laid paper laid down on medium laid paper

Dimensions
10 1/4 in x 12 1/16 in (26.04 cm x 30.64 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink

Subject matter
View of a hilltown with buildings and clouds.

Physical Description
This pen and ink and wash drawing depicts a view of a town amidst a hilly landscape. A dog stands atop a hill and looks toward a body of water in the midground. A cluster of buildings are scattered throughout the composition. The central building has a large arched portico. Clouds of smoke appear to be billowing out of buildings.

Primary Object Classification
Drawing

Primary Object Type
landscape

Rights
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Keywords
architecture (object genre)
landscapes (environments)
trees

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