Sweet Naive 1880s Graphite Drawing of Hillside Village with Church repetitive 3 7/8" in diameter

3 7/8" in diameter

which seems to suggest this bear's got something important to share if you'll just pay attention

On the side of the chop is incised text

also as pictured

but the yield is a landscape that feels like a whole world unto itself

Sweet Naive 1880s Graphite Drawing of Hillside Village with Church repetitive 3 7/8" in diameterI'm really smitten with this sweet little "naive" pencil drawing of a hillside village, one of two in the shop that came from a larger collection of drawings executed by the unknown artist on a Grand Tour encompassing Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Norway. I love everything about it, perhaps the way the row of trees march neatly up the hill behind the village most of all, punctuated by a cross at the very top, but also those tiny benches, all those