Accession Number
2012/2.222

Title
Mountain Landscape with Travelers

Artist(s)
Artist Unknown

Object Creation Date
17th century - 18th century

Medium & Support
pen and ink, wash, and watercolor on laid paper, laid down on wove paper

Dimensions
10 5/8 in x 17 3/8 in (26.99 cm x 44.13 cm)

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

Subject matter
A landscape with mountains and travelers.

Physical Description
This pen and ink, wash and watercolor pictures a vast vista of a town on the water surrounded by mountains. In the foreground on a hill in the lower right of the composition there is a group of traveling figures including a woman riding a mule. On the left another group of three figures overlook the body of water in the distance.

Primary Object Classification
Painting

Primary Object Type
landscape

Rights
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Keywords
landscapes (environments)
mountains
travelers (people by activity)