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The image shows a woodland scene from a slightly elevated viewpoint. Two large trees with textured bark are in the foreground, with detailed leaves. A felled tree is to the right, and more trees are seen in the background with lighter strokes. The scene suggests a forest landscape in graphite gray tones.
National Gallery of Art · Drawing
A Stand of Trees
Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes
- Date
- 1797/1798
- Medium
- black chalk on laid paper, laid down on old album sheet
- Dimensions
- sheet: 28.8 × 22.2 cm (11 5/16 × 8 3/4 in.) mount: 35.6 × 27.8 cm (14 × 10 15/16 in.)
- Classification
- Drawing
- Accession number
- 2018.161.1
- Credit line
- Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
- Time span
- 1776 to 1800
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- Landscape
- Tree
Provenance
Private collection, France. (Galerie Nathalie Motte Masselink, Paris); purchased 2018 by NGA.
Inscription
lower left in brown ink: DB; on the mount in pen and brown ink in another hand, an. 6e.
Marks
on the mount, N..D.. (blind stamp) [mark of the mounter and paperseller Niodot Fils, Paris; Lugt 1961a].
NGA object ID 216004. 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.