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The image shows an elevated view of a landscape with trees, structures, and a winding path. The horizon is high, featuring faint outlines of mountains, rooftops, and a delicate spire. The artwork uses delicate brushstrokes and soft lines with a muted color palette of grays, browns, and hints of blue. The terrain and trees in the foreground have a rough texture, contrasting with the misty elements in the distance.
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The image shows an elevated view of a landscape with trees, structures, and a winding path. The horizon is high, featuring faint outlines of mountains, rooftops, and a delicate spire. The artwork uses delicate brushstrokes and soft lines with a muted color palette of grays, browns, and hints of blue. The terrain and trees in the foreground have a rough texture, contrasting with the misty elements in the distance.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

Approaching Morestal

François-Auguste Ravier

Date
c. 1845
Medium
black chalk over graphite with gray and brown wash and blue watercolor on pale blue paper, laid down on old mount
Dimensions
sheet: 24.1 × 35 cm (9 1/2 × 13 3/4 in.) (approximate size; object mounted) mount: 34.2 × 35 cm (13 7/16 × 13 3/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2013.103.2
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Landscape
  • Tree
  • Water
  • Building
Provenance

(Galerie Amicorum, Paris); purchased 2013 by NGA.

NGA object ID 162265. 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.