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Riveaux

George Cuitt the Younger

1824

ink

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Romanticism Early 19th Century Ruins

Dominant colour

Riveaux is a 1824 ink by George Cuitt the Younger, a Romanticism work, depicting Ruins, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: George Cuitt the Younger
When & what style?: 1824 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

This painting shows a scene with a lot of details. It's an etching, which is a printing technique that involves scratching a design onto a metal plate. The artist, Cuitt the Younger, George, was quite young when he made this, and it's interesting to see how he used simple lines to create a complex image. You can learn more about this technique by looking into etching.