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The image depicts a view through a stone frame into an ornate garden scene. Two large columns stand on either side, with detailed urns atop pedestals beside each column. A red parrot perches on the urn to the right. A figure reclines on the stone ledge, gazing towards the garden. The garden features an elaborate fountain with sculpted figures and water jets. Lush green trees provide a backdrop, with a majestic building to the left. The color palette includes earthy browns, deep greens, sky blues, red, and purple tones.
National Gallery of Art · Drawing
An Italianate Garden with a Parrot, a Poodle, and a Man
Isaac de Moucheron
- Date
- 1730s
- Medium
- watercolor and pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 25 x 38.3 cm (9 13/16 x 15 1/16 in.)
- Classification
- Drawing
- Accession number
- 1987.11.1
- Credit line
- Gift of Anne Eustis Emmet in memory of David E. Finley
- Time span
- 1726 to 1750
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- Dutch
- Italy
- landscape
- Garden
Provenance
(William Schab Gallery, New York); (sale, New York, Sotheby's, 30 April 1982, lot 57); (purchased by Paul McCarron, New York); purchased by NGA, 1987.
Watermarks
Coat of arms with fleur-de-lis
NGA object ID 69650. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.