# Landscape with River Gorge

**George Sand** (French, 1804–1876)  
1860/69  
Watercolor and opaque watercolor on cream wove paper  
15.6 × 24.5 cm (6 1/8 × 9 5/8 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2024.157. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/272570).

## About this work

George Sand painted this in 1860/69, aged about 56. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of watercolor and opaque watercolor on cream wove paper.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Opaque watercolour.** Watercolour made opaque with white or chalk and laid in flat, even layers. Persian and Indian painters ground their colours from minerals, applied them with the finest brushes and burnished the finished page.
- **Watercolour.** Pigment in gum arabic, thinned with water and laid in transparent washes. Nothing white is painted: the light is the paper showing through.

### [George Sand](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/george-sand)

French, 1804–1876

## Facts

- Type: Drawing and Watercolor
- Culture: France
- The artist was about 56
- Real size: about 6 × 9½ in (15 × 24 cm). The 8 × 10 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Colour: white
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5; 24 × 36 in $5; 30 × 40 in $5

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