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The image shows a view from a low perspective of a tranquil body of water surrounded by trees. The horizon is obscured by dense foliage, with tree tops forming a natural canopy. Trees are detailed with their trunks and branches extending into the water. The monochromatic color palette gives a serene quality, with the contrast between light and shadows creating depth. The scene is calm and contemplative, with reflections in the water mirroring the branches above.
National Gallery of Art · Photograph
Belle-Croix
Eugène Cuvelier
- Date
- 1860s
- Medium
- albumen silver print
- Dimensions
- image/sheet: 25.4 × 34.3 cm (10 × 13 1/2 in.) mount: 51.8 × 61.8 cm (20 3/8 × 24 5/16 in.) overall: 55.88 × 71.12 cm (22 × 28 in.)
- Classification
- Photograph
- Accession number
- 2007.115.1
- Credit line
- Gail and Benjamin Jacobs for the Millennium Fund
- Time span
- 1851 to 1875
- Department
- CPH
Subjects and terms
- French
- albumen silver print
- Landscape
- France
- landscape
- Fontainebleau
- Barbizon
Provenance
Private collection; NGA purchase (through Charles Isaacs Photographs Inc., New York), 2007.
Inscription
lower right in negative: 338; lower right on mount, in graphite: Belle-Croix-; on verso, by unknown hand, upper right, in graphite: I. 415 / slide
NGA object ID 138877. 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.