Landscape with Fortress and River
1701
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1701
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
This painting is called Landscape with Fortress and River. It was made in the second half of the 18th century. The artist used pen and brown ink on laid paper to create it, which is a technique that was popular back then. This kind of drawing was often used to plan bigger paintings or to record scenes from nature. To learn more about this style, look up Romanticism.
