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The image displays a landscape with trees and rocks from a slightly elevated perspective. The terrain stretches towards a mild incline in the distance. The brushstrokes are delicate and precise, capturing textures of tree bark and movement of leaves. The color palette is subdued with earthy tones, soft greens, and browns. Closest to us are rough rocks and green vegetation, transitioning into sketched tree branches in the background.
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The image displays a landscape with trees and rocks from a slightly elevated perspective. The terrain stretches towards a mild incline in the distance. The brushstrokes are delicate and precise, capturing textures of tree bark and movement of leaves. The color palette is subdued with earthy tones, soft greens, and browns. Closest to us are rough rocks and green vegetation, transitioning into sketched tree branches in the background.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Clump of Trees by a Rocky Stream in the Ramsau

Carl Morgenstern

Date
1832/1833
Medium
watercolor over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 35.3 x 23.2 cm (13 7/8 x 9 1/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2005.59.1
Credit line
Alexander M. and Judith W. Laughlin Fund
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • German
  • plant
  • Trees
  • Forest
  • Water
  • Rock
  • Stream
Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's New York, 26 January 2005, no. 221); (via C. G. Boerner, Inc., New York); purchased 2005 by NGA.

Inscription

lower left in graphite: Ramsau 24ten Aug.; verso in graphite (in monogram) CM

NGA object ID 132095. 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.