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The image displays a landscape with a riverbank, ancient structures, trees, ruins, foliage, and a calm body of water. The scene is depicted in an etching style with intricate lines and hatching, utilizing a monochromatic color palette of greys and blacks.
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The image displays a landscape with a riverbank, ancient structures, trees, ruins, foliage, and a calm body of water. The scene is depicted in an etching style with intricate lines and hatching, utilizing a monochromatic color palette of greys and blacks.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Abandoned Village

Alphonse Legros

Medium
etching and drypoint on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 11.2 x 20.1 cm (4 7/16 x 7 15/16 in.) sheet: 15.9 x 23.9 cm (6 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2000.7.24
Credit line
Gift of Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • etching
  • France
  • architecture
  • drypoint
  • Houses
Provenance

Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel, Washington D.C.; gift to NGA, 2000.

Inscription

lower right below plate in graphite: A. Legros; by later hand, upper right in graphite: 17; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 347 15789; by later hand, lower center in graphite: Village abandonne

Watermarks

Strasbourg bend with a crown

NGA object ID 110670. 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.