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The image depicts a landscape with a winding path bordered by rocks and shrubs. In the distance, there is a village with houses and a building with a small tower, potentially a church. Mountains rise behind the village, leading to a horizon with a lake extending towards distant hills and mountains. The painting has delicate yet detailed brushstrokes, using warm colors like earthy browns, lush greens, and shades of blue and purple.
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The image depicts a landscape with a winding path bordered by rocks and shrubs. In the distance, there is a village with houses and a building with a small tower, potentially a church. Mountains rise behind the village, leading to a horizon with a lake extending towards distant hills and mountains. The painting has delicate yet detailed brushstrokes, using warm colors like earthy browns, lush greens, and shades of blue and purple.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Summer Evening at the Lago Maggiore

Salomon Corrodi

Date
1845
Medium
watercolor over graphite on wove paper, mounted on paperboard
Dimensions
sheet: 63.8 × 96.7 cm (25 1/8 × 38 1/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2013.76.1
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Landscape
  • Tree
  • Water
  • Mountain
  • Nature
Provenance

(Ketterer Kunst, Munich, 23 November 2012, lot 130); (C. G. Boerner, New York); purchased by NGA, 2013.

Inscription

lower left in image: Sal. Corrodi fec. Rome. / 1845.

NGA object ID 161766. 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.