Le Poteau
1764
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1764
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
You see a man standing near a large stone post in a quiet scene. The man is dressed in simple clothes and the post has a few stones around it. This painting is interesting because it shows a everyday scene from the past, with the artist using their own drawings as inspiration. The artist used their own pen-and-ink drawings to create this etching. This tells us that the artist was experimenting with different mediums. You can learn more about the artist's style by looking at the work of Hubert Robert.
