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The image shows a calm waterway with a small group of figures in a boat. In the background, there is a village with a church steeple and sailboats on the water. The brushstrokes are detailed, capturing texture in the sky and water. The image is monochromatic, with shades of black and white creating contrast and depth. Large clouds fill the sky, and reflections shimmer in the water below.
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The image shows a calm waterway with a small group of figures in a boat. In the background, there is a village with a church steeple and sailboats on the water. The brushstrokes are detailed, capturing texture in the sky and water. The image is monochromatic, with shades of black and white creating contrast and depth. Large clouds fill the sky, and reflections shimmer in the water below.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Banks of the Meuse

Maxime Lalanne, after Jan van Goyen

Date
1873
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 10.3 × 14.9 cm (4 1/16 × 5 7/8 in.) plate: 11.7 × 15.8 cm (4 5/8 × 6 1/4 in.) sheet: 25.5 × 34.1 cm (10 1/16 × 13 7/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2021.113.31
Credit line
Gift of Carol and James Goodfriend
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • River
  • Boat
  • Sky
  • Man
  • Cloud
Provenance

James and Carol Goodfriend, New York; gift to NGA, 2021.

Inscription

lower left in plate: Lalanne sc.

NGA object ID 224051. 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.