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The image shows a waterfall flowing between rocky cliffs from an elevated angle. The top of the waterfall is visible, and brushstrokes convey the movement of the water. The color palette includes blues, purples, greens, and warm tones, creating a contrast.
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The image shows a waterfall flowing between rocky cliffs from an elevated angle. The top of the waterfall is visible, and brushstrokes convey the movement of the water. The color palette includes blues, purples, greens, and warm tones, creating a contrast.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Cascade in the Mountains

Henri-Joseph Harpignies

Date
1870s
Medium
watercolor over pen and black ink on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 31.8 × 23.7 cm (12 1/2 × 9 5/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2015.82.1
Credit line
Purchased as the Gift of Diane A. Nixon
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • landscape
Provenance

(Dr. Martin Moeller, Kunsthandel, Hamburg); purchased 2015 by NGA.

Inscription

signed in pen and black ink at lower right: h harpignies

NGA object ID 199109. 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.