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The image shows a pastoral scene with a person standing near water, a figure with a staff surrounded by grass and rocks, looking towards the landscape. The horizon with hills and sparse foliage is low in the image. The brushstrokes create texture and depth with detailed etching lines. The color palette is monochrome using different shades of ink. Trees and hills recede in the distance, with birds flying in the sky.
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The image shows a pastoral scene with a person standing near water, a figure with a staff surrounded by grass and rocks, looking towards the landscape. The horizon with hills and sparse foliage is low in the image. The brushstrokes create texture and depth with detailed etching lines. The color palette is monochrome using different shades of ink. Trees and hills recede in the distance, with birds flying in the sky.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Man Gazing across a Still Pond

Laurent de La Hyre

Date
1640
Medium
etching
Classification
Print
Accession number
2002.98.42
Credit line
Gift of Jacob Kainen
Time span
1601 to 1650
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Landscape
  • Tree
  • Water
  • Nature
  • Man
Provenance

(R.E. Lewis, Inc., San Anselmo, CA); Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased October 3, 1971; gift to NGA, 2002.

NGA object ID 119734. 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.