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The image depicts a landscape with large leaves and fallen wood in the foreground. Towards the middle ground, a figure is walking with cattle on a sloping hill. The horizon is at the top of the image. Detailed brushstrokes capture the textures of the foliage and ground, with a limited brown color palette. The sky is subtly rendered in the background.
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The image depicts a landscape with large leaves and fallen wood in the foreground. Towards the middle ground, a figure is walking with cattle on a sloping hill. The horizon is at the top of the image. Detailed brushstrokes capture the textures of the foliage and ground, with a limited brown color palette. The sky is subtly rendered in the background.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

Ancient Trees in a Pastoral Landscape

Carl Philipp Schallhas

Date
1790/1795
Medium
red chalk over traces of black chalk on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 44 x 36.8 cm (17 5/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1998.79.1
Credit line
Gift of Katrin Bellinger in memory of Wolfgang Ratjen
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • topographical
  • landscape
  • Austrian
Provenance

Heinrich Wilhelm Campe, Leipzig (Lugt 1391); Katrin Bellinger, Munich; gift to NGA, 1998.

Inscription

upper right in sky: C. Schallhas ft.; lower left verso: N JZD-

NGA object ID 107207. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.