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The image shows a landscape scene with a high viewpoint, displaying rolling hills, vegetation, and a vast horizon with no identifiable objects. It is created using fine etching and crosshatching techniques, using a monochromatic color palette of grey and black for a detailed and serene depiction of nature. The foreground features dense bushes and undulating land, leading towards a less detailed background where the land blends into the sky.
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The image shows a landscape scene with a high viewpoint, displaying rolling hills, vegetation, and a vast horizon with no identifiable objects. It is created using fine etching and crosshatching techniques, using a monochromatic color palette of grey and black for a detailed and serene depiction of nature. The foreground features dense bushes and undulating land, leading towards a less detailed background where the land blends into the sky.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Banks of the Yanne (Les bords de la Yanne)

Alphonse Legros

Date
late 19th century
Medium
drypoint and etching?
Classification
Print
Accession number
1948.6.6
Credit line
Gift of George Matthew Adams in memory of his mother, Lydia Havens Adams
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Landscape
  • Tree
  • Water
  • Nature

NGA object ID 34602. 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.