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The image displays a large tree with a thick trunk and expansive branches. The tree's bark texture is detailed, and its leaves create a dense canopy. Other trees are faintly visible in the background. The color palette is monochromatic, using black and white gradients to create contrast and depth.
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The image displays a large tree with a thick trunk and expansive branches. The tree's bark texture is detailed, and its leaves create a dense canopy. Other trees are faintly visible in the background. The color palette is monochromatic, using black and white gradients to create contrast and depth.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Giant Oak at the Edge of a Forest

Cornelis Steffelaar

Date
1840s(?)
Medium
pen and black ink and wash on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 47.5 × 34 cm (18 11/16 × 13 3/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2014.16.1
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Tree
  • botanical
Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, April 1962, no. 355); private collection, The Netherlands; (Mireille Mosler Ltd., New York); purchased 2014 by NGA.

Inscription

lower right in black ink: C Steffelaar f.

NGA object ID 164379. 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.