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The image shows a landscape with rolling hills and foliage. The view is slightly above eye level, giving a downward slope effect. The horizon is high in the composition, creating depth. The brushstrokes are delicate, especially in the trees and leaves. The color palette is sepia. In the foreground, there are cattle and sheep being herded by a figure on a path. A large tree with leafy branches frames the scene.
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The image shows a landscape with rolling hills and foliage. The view is slightly above eye level, giving a downward slope effect. The horizon is high in the composition, creating depth. The brushstrokes are delicate, especially in the trees and leaves. The color palette is sepia. In the foreground, there are cattle and sheep being herded by a figure on a path. A large tree with leafy branches frames the scene.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Landscape with a Herd of Cows and Goats, Surmounted by Another Landscape, Upside-down, with a Man Pushing a Wheelbarrow

Adrian Zingg

Date
c. 1800
Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash over traces of graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 30.1 x 44.1 cm (11 7/8 x 17 3/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2007.111.184
Credit line
Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Landscape
  • plant
  • Cow
  • Swiss
  • animal
  • Man
Provenance

Herbert List, Munich, in 1971. Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Inscription

drawn on the verso in pen and black in over graphite: The Edge of a Wood with Figures Resting; and in graphite, A Riverbank (?)

Watermarks

none

NGA object ID 139201. 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.