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The image depicts a snow-covered landscape with a winding path leading into the distance. The horizon is obscured by a line of leafless trees and dense shrubbery. Several trees with bare branches and snow-laden evergreens are visible. The trees and path show intricate texture, with fine detail in the snow and branches. The color palette is monochromatic and utilizes a sepia tone, giving the scene a vintage and serene effect.
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The image depicts a snow-covered landscape with a winding path leading into the distance. The horizon is obscured by a line of leafless trees and dense shrubbery. Several trees with bare branches and snow-laden evergreens are visible. The trees and path show intricate texture, with fine detail in the snow and branches. The color palette is monochromatic and utilizes a sepia tone, giving the scene a vintage and serene effect.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Barbizon Roadway in Snow

Eugène Cuvelier

Date
c. 1860
Medium
albumen silver print
Dimensions
image/sheet: 19.7 × 25.9 cm (7 3/4 × 10 3/16 in.) mount: 39.5 × 52.5 cm (15 9/16 × 20 11/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2018.168.1
Credit line
Patrons' Permanent Fund
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • albumen silver print
  • France
  • Snow
  • Winter
  • Road
  • landscape
Provenance

(Harvey S. Shipley Miller and J. Randall Plummer, Fort Washington, PA); (Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York), 2010; NGA purchase, 2018.

Inscription

by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: 179; on verso, by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: N3

NGA object ID 212086. 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.