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The image shows a rural landscape with a slightly elevated point of view. There is a path or road with a solitary figure walking away from the viewer. Beyond the figure, there are fields and a vast expanse of land leading to the horizon. The horizon is high, indicating a broad view. The sky above has swirling, textured clouds. The brushstrokes are stippled and varied, creating texture and depth. The color palette is monochromatic, with shades of black, white, and gray.
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The image shows a rural landscape with a slightly elevated point of view. There is a path or road with a solitary figure walking away from the viewer. Beyond the figure, there are fields and a vast expanse of land leading to the horizon. The horizon is high, indicating a broad view. The sky above has swirling, textured clouds. The brushstrokes are stippled and varied, creating texture and depth. The color palette is monochromatic, with shades of black, white, and gray.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Woman Walking along a Country Road (La Femme sur la Route)

Camille Pissarro

Date
1879
Medium
etching and aquatint with drypoint on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 15.4 x 20.6 cm (6 1/16 x 8 1/8 in.) (irregular) sheet: 24 x 26.4 cm (9 7/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2010.119.1
Credit line
Gift of Liane W. Atlas
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • genre
  • Impressionist
Inscription

by later hand, lower left in graphite: 3me état; by later hand, lower right in graphite: D.18

NGA object ID 154077. 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.