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The image depicts a landscape with mountains in the background, trees, buildings, and a bridge in the middle ground, and a gently sloping terrain in the foreground. The drawing is done in pencil with shading and white highlights to show texture and depth. The color scheme consists of soft gray tones and the tan color of the paper.
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The image depicts a landscape with mountains in the background, trees, buildings, and a bridge in the middle ground, and a gently sloping terrain in the foreground. The drawing is done in pencil with shading and white highlights to show texture and depth. The color scheme consists of soft gray tones and the tan color of the paper.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

An Alpine Village in Summertime

Jean Antoine Linck

Medium
black chalk and graphite heightened with white chalk on tan paper
Dimensions
overall: 42.2 x 58.2 cm (16 5/8 x 22 15/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2001.17.1
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1751 to 1775
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Switzerland
  • landscape
  • Swiss
  • Mountains
  • Alps
Provenance

(August Laube, Zurich); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Inscription

by the artist, lower right in brown ink: Joh Ant Linck

NGA object ID 117995. 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.