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The image shows a landscape with a grand stone bridge crossing a deep gorge. The viewpoint is elevated, allowing a view of the bridge extending from left to right. Trees, hills, clouds, rocky terrain, shrubbery, a human figure, and animals are depicted. The engraving is detailed with hatching, and the color palette is monochromatic in shades of black, grey, and white, emphasizing contrast.
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The image shows a landscape with a grand stone bridge crossing a deep gorge. The viewpoint is elevated, allowing a view of the bridge extending from left to right. Trees, hills, clouds, rocky terrain, shrubbery, a human figure, and animals are depicted. The engraving is detailed with hatching, and the color palette is monochromatic in shades of black, grey, and white, emphasizing contrast.

National Gallery of Art · Portfolio

A Cività Castellana

Johann Christian Reinhart

Date
1794
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 28 x 37.5 cm (11 x 14 3/4 in.) sheet: 39 x 49.1 cm (15 3/8 x 19 5/16 in.)
Classification
Portfolio · Print
Accession number
2003.86.38
Credit line
New Century Fund
Time span
1751 to 1775
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Collection ou Suite de Vues Pittoresques de l'Italie (plate 38)

Subjects and terms

  • architecture
  • German
  • figure
  • Landscape
  • Bridge
  • Tree
Provenance

(Thomas Le Claire Kunsthandel, Hamburg); purchased 2003 by NGA.

NGA object ID 128017. 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.