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The image shows a landscape with a low horizon, featuring a mountain and a castle surrounded by greenery. Trees, including a cow, some goats, and a figure, are depicted in rich, detailed brushstrokes against a sky painted with pastel tones and earthy hues.
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The image shows a landscape with a low horizon, featuring a mountain and a castle surrounded by greenery. Trees, including a cow, some goats, and a figure, are depicted in rich, detailed brushstrokes against a sky painted with pastel tones and earthy hues.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Wooded Lakeside with an Italianate Villa

Ludwig Hess

Date
1796
Medium
gouache on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 47 x 67.6 cm (18 1/2 x 26 5/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2008.70.1
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Italy
  • landscape
Provenance

(August Laube, Zurich); purchased 2008 by NGA.

Inscription

lower center in brown gouache: L. Hess inven. / 1796

NGA object ID 141195. 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.