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This drawing depicts a landscape with a wide green field extending to a line of dark trees on the horizon. The sky above contains shades of blue, pink, orange, and cream, with a yellow sun setting or rising above the trees. The sun casts a wide yellow strip on the green grass below. The lines of the drawing are rough and textured.
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This drawing depicts a landscape with a wide green field extending to a line of dark trees on the horizon. The sky above contains shades of blue, pink, orange, and cream, with a yellow sun setting or rising above the trees. The sun casts a wide yellow strip on the green grass below. The lines of the drawing are rough and textured.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Meadow at Sunset

Paul Huet

Date
c. 1845
Medium
pastel on gray-blue paper
Dimensions
overall: 13.5 x 19.5 cm (5 5/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2013.196.3
Credit line
Purchased as a Gift in Memory of Melvin R. Seiden
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E
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Subjects and terms

  • Landscape
  • Tree
  • Sun
  • Meadow
  • Sky
Provenance

The artist's atelier sale (Lugt 1268). (Galerie Antoine Laurentin, Paris); Mr. and Mrs. James T. Dyke, Little Rock, 2003; purchased 2013 by NGA.

NGA object ID 152342. 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.