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An Alpine Valley with Trees and Boulders

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

An Alpine Valley with Trees and Boulders

Gustave Doré

Date
1876
Medium
watercolor, gouache and black chalk, with pen and black ink, over traces of graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 45.1 x 31.7 cm (17 3/4 x 12 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2003.144.1
Credit line
Gift of Helen Porter and James T. Dyke
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • topographical
  • landscape
Provenance

(sale, Christie's East, New York, 2 November 1999, no. 55); private English collection; (Jill Newhouse, New York); purchased 2003 by NGA.

Inscription

lower right in watercolor: GDoré / 1876

NGA object ID 128739. 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.