A Stage Set with a Statue and a Palace1730s (?)
Daniel Marot the Younger drew this in the 1730s (?), aged about 35. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. More about this work
About this work
The image shows a castle with a circular tower, a statue positioned on a pedestal on a path leading to the castle entrance. Tall trees flank the path, forming a natural archway. The castle walls have fortified turrets and an ornate gateway with intricate stonework and carvings. In the background, there are more trees and faint outlines of hills. The scene is in a monochromatic sepia tone, emphasizing depth and detail with subtle shading variations.
Description from the National Gallery of Art.
Daniel Marot the Younger drew this in the 1730s (?), aged about 35. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.
How it was made
- Pen and ink
- Drawn with a quill or reed pen, often with wash added by brush to model light and shadow.
- Laid paper
- Handmade on a mould of close-set wires, which leave fine parallel lines you can see when the sheet is held to the light.
Daniel Marot the Younger
Dutch, 1695–1769
Rights and the museum’s record
Public domain. The National Gallery of Art has dedicated this image to the public domain under CC0, so anyone may copy, adapt and use it, for any purpose, without asking. Our prints and files are reproductions made from the museum’s image; the museum doesn’t endorse them.
- Object number
- 2009.70.25
- Credit
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
- Type
- Drawing
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Museum record
- See it on the museum’s site
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