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The image shows a dirt path winding into the distance under a lush green tree canopy. The horizon is low in the composition where the path disappears beyond a distant bridge, adding depth. The brushstrokes give a textured effect, enhancing the depiction of foliage. The dominant color is green, with hints of earth tones from the path and flecks of blue from the sky. A figure in a red coat and black hat leans against a tree on the right.
National Gallery of Art · Drawing
A Wooded Path at Treslong, near Hillegom
Jurriaan Andriessen
- Date
- 1789
- Medium
- black chalk and watercolor on blue laid paper
- Dimensions
- sheet: 25.3 × 18.6 cm (9 15/16 × 7 5/16 in.) mount: 29.6 × 23.1 cm (11 5/8 × 9 1/8 in.)
- Classification
- Drawing
- Accession number
- 2019.61.1
- Credit line
- William B. O'Neal Fund
- Time span
- 1776 to 1800
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- Netherlands
- landscape
Provenance
(possibly sale, Paillet Delaroche, Paris, 25 April 1803, no. 251?). (Theo Laurentius, Zaltbommel, 1978, no. 12); Dr. Jaap Bolten, [b. 1934] Oegstgeest. (sale, Sotheby's Amsterdam, 5 November, 2002, no. 165). Dr. J. A. M. Smit [1935 - 2006]. (sale, Christie's, London, 28 November - 6 December 2018, no. 60); (via Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London), purchased 2018 by NGA.
Inscription
center verso on mount in graphite: te Hillegom / voorde Buytenplaats / Treslong 1789 24/5; lower left verso of mount in brown ink: J. Andriessen / ad viv del.; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: /10
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