Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier I
1778
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Grimsel Pass is a 1778 ink by Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier I, a Romanticism work, depicting Mountain, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a steep mountain pass with jagged peaks and winding roads below. The artist used fine lines and gray ink washes to create shadows and depth. It feels almost like a map, but also like a real place. This is one of the few surviving works by Le Barbier from his early years. He later became known for big history paintings, but early on he tried tiny detailed scenes like this. The road in the drawing looks tiny against the mountains—hard to believe a horse could climb it. Look up "cross-hatching" next to see how artists use layered lines for texture.
Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier I (1780–1780) was an artist.
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