Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Lake in Compiègne Forest

Paul Huet
1803-1869

Lake in Compiègne Forest

1830s
22 x 34 inches (557 x 870 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash on beige laid paper
2022.338

Gift of Karen B. Cohen.

Notes
Like Fontainebleau, Compiègne forest had served as a royal hunting ground for centuries.This early, large-scale drawing by Huet explores the motif of the lake as a mirror for the surrounding forest. Compiègne was the seat of the Orléans family, who owned a chateau there, and Huet served as the drawing master to the Duchesse dʼOrléans. Her husband, Duke Ferdinand Philippe, was a draftsman and landscape painter as well as a patron of Huet.
Watermark (Countermark): T DUP Y. Wtarmark (beta radiograph), T DUP Y 439944wm_2022_338_Huet_CM_beta.tiff
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Letters "T DUP Y".
Associated names
Cohen, Karen B., former owner.
Artist
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department