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The image shows a landscape viewed from a slightly elevated perspective. The horizon is in the upper third of the composition, with hills, trees, and a bird in the sky. The scene includes rocks, grass, water reflecting grassy banks, a figure on horseback with a dog, and rocky outcrops and trees in the distance. The color palette is monochrome in shades of gray.
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The image shows a landscape viewed from a slightly elevated perspective. The horizon is in the upper third of the composition, with hills, trees, and a bird in the sky. The scene includes rocks, grass, water reflecting grassy banks, a figure on horseback with a dog, and rocky outcrops and trees in the distance. The color palette is monochrome in shades of gray.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Rider by a Mountain Pond at Sunset

Adolphe Appian

Date
1870s
Medium
charcoal with stumping on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 29.3 × 44.2 cm (11 9/16 × 17 3/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2013.13.1
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • stumping
  • landscape
Provenance

(Paul Prouté, S. A., Paris); purchased 2012 by NGA.

Inscription

lower left verso in graphite: 120105

NGA object ID 160503. 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.