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The image shows a landscape with an old tree in the center, another tree in the distance, and a soft horizon line. The tree is detailed with pencil strokes for the bark and foliage, in grayscale tones. The background is blurry, highlighting the main tree in the foreground.
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The image shows a landscape with an old tree in the center, another tree in the distance, and a soft horizon line. The tree is detailed with pencil strokes for the bark and foliage, in grayscale tones. The background is blurry, highlighting the main tree in the foreground.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

An Ancient Tree with Figures in a Landscape

Friedrich Salathé

Date
c. 1835
Medium
graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 30.5 x 22.9 cm (12 x 9 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2003.21.2
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Meissner
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • figure
  • Swiss
  • Tree
  • Leaf
  • Nature
Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Meissner, Zurich; gift to NGA, 2002.

NGA object ID 124517. 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.