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The image depicts a landscape with tall, detailed trees dominating the foreground, a pasture with grazing cattle, a figure, and a subtly rendered sky in the distance. The monochromatic color palette features varying shades of gray.
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The image depicts a landscape with tall, detailed trees dominating the foreground, a pasture with grazing cattle, a figure, and a subtly rendered sky in the distance. The monochromatic color palette features varying shades of gray.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Meadow with Cattle at the Edge of a Wood

Martin von Molitor

Date
c. 1790
Medium
etching with tonal etching and scratching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 24.6 x 32.6 cm (9 11/16 x 12 13/16 in.) sheet: 25.9 x 34 cm (10 3/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2005.128.13
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1751 to 1775
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • etching
  • Landscape
  • aquatint
  • Cow
  • Tree
  • Austrian
  • Meadow
  • Field
Provenance

(Kunsthandlung Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt am Main); purchased 2005 by NGA.

Inscription

by later hand, lower left verso in brown ink: No. 52 Le troupeaux de vaches / dans le bois / épreuve au lavis

NGA object ID 134409. 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.