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The image shows a landscape with a tree in the foreground, a horizon with mountains and a valley in the distance, and smaller trees and figures below. The painting depicts natural textures and features a color palette of earth tones, with a serene sky above.
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The image shows a landscape with a tree in the foreground, a horizon with mountains and a valley in the distance, and smaller trees and figures below. The painting depicts natural textures and features a color palette of earth tones, with a serene sky above.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Wooded Valley with Rocky Cliffs

Johann Conrad Steiner

Date
1785
Medium
pen and black ink with watercolor on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 43.8 x 57 cm (17 1/4 x 22 7/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2001.17.2
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Swiss
  • Italy
  • landscape
Provenance

(August Laube, Zurich); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Inscription

by the artist, lower right: C. Steiner 1785

NGA object ID 117807. 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.