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The image displays a landscape with dense woodland viewed from a low vantage point near the water. The horizon is obscured by trees and foliage. Tall, winding trees with intertwining branches dominate the scene. Detailed brushstrokes create texture in the trees and shrubbery. The color palette is muted and primarily green. Two birds are perched on a rock near us, reflected in the water. In the background, the forest continues with intricate details fading into the distance.
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The image displays a landscape with dense woodland viewed from a low vantage point near the water. The horizon is obscured by trees and foliage. Tall, winding trees with intertwining branches dominate the scene. Detailed brushstrokes create texture in the trees and shrubbery. The color palette is muted and primarily green. Two birds are perched on a rock near us, reflected in the water. In the background, the forest continues with intricate details fading into the distance.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Bosidylle (Woodland Idyll)

Theodoor van Hoijtema

Date
1898
Medium
lithograph printed in green on chine collé
Dimensions
image: 31.1 × 21 cm (12 1/4 × 8 1/4 in.) sheet: 34.1 × 23.3 cm (13 7/16 × 9 3/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2016.157.4
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • lithograph
  • Trees
  • Birds
  • Art Nouveau
  • landscape
Provenance

(William P. Carl Prints, Durham, N.C.); purchased 2016 by NGA.

Inscription

lower right in graphite: No. 55/60 / TheovanHotyema

NGA object ID 208414. 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.