Riverscape with Boats, Théodore Gudin, 1828

Jean-antoine-théodore de gudin is best known for his large-scale paintings of sea battles and violent shipwrecks. This peaceful marshy landscape is in sharp contrast to the artist's many battleship scenes, which earned de gudin the title of "peintre de la marine," the official painter of the french royal fleet. Object Type: drawing. Date: 1828. Place of creation: France. Dimensions: height: 15.5 cm (6.1 in) ; width: 23.4 cm (9.2 in). Medium: brown ink, drawing, graphite, ink wash, paper. Collection: Walters Art Museum. Jean-Antoine-Théodore de Gudin - Riverscape with Boats - Walters 371631