# Souvenir of a Castle in Vosges

**Victor Hugo** (French, 1802–1885)  
1857  
Brush and iron gall washes, pen and iron gall ink, white gouache; outline of castle obtained by using a paper stencil  
sheet: 18 1/2 x 12 3/16 in. (47 x 31 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012.17. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/400924).

## About this work

Victor Hugo painted this in 1857, aged 55. It is now at The Met in New York.

### 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.
- **Pen and ink.** Drawn with a quill or reed pen, often with wash added by brush to model light and shadow.

### [Victor Hugo](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/victor-hugo)

French, 1802–1885; born in Besançon; died in Paris

## Facts

- Type: Drawings
- The artist was 55
- Real size: about 19 × 12 in (47 × 31 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 11 × 14 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 19th century
- Subjects: Castles
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1056.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1056/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/souvenir-of-a-castle-in-vosges-met-400924).