Art, literature & history
Capriccio with Fountain and Frolicking Swans
1772
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, with brush and blue and brown wash, on ivory laid paper, perimeter mounted on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- 30.4 × 19.9 cm (12 × 7 7/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1983.781
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Jean-Baptiste Hüet. Capriccio with Fountain and Frolicking Swans. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Capriccio with Fountain and Frolicking Swans — Jean-Baptiste Hüet. 1772.
Medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and blue and brown wash, on ivory laid paper, perimeter mounted on cream laid paper. Dimensions: 30.4 × 19.9 cm (12 × 7 7/8 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.