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Classical Landscape with Figures

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Artist

Pierre-Jean Boquet (French 1751–1817)

Date

1816

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

40 3/16 x 59 1/2 in. (102 x 151.2 cm)

Inscription

Inscribed on lower left: “P. BOQUET 1816.”

Credit Line

Athenæum purchase, 1838

Object Number

UR42