ORThe Open Room
Digital gallery
Back to the NGA collection
The image shows a landscape with a figure seated by a body of water surrounded by bushes. Tall, slender trees are seen in the distance with swirling lines suggesting movement in their leaves. The horizon is low, with rolling hills fading into the sky. The etching features detailed lines creating texture and movement. The color palette is monochromatic, with black shades on a cream background, typical of a pen-like etching technique.
Read the visual description

The image shows a landscape with a figure seated by a body of water surrounded by bushes. Tall, slender trees are seen in the distance with swirling lines suggesting movement in their leaves. The horizon is low, with rolling hills fading into the sky. The etching features detailed lines creating texture and movement. The color palette is monochromatic, with black shades on a cream background, typical of a pen-like etching technique.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Banks of the Marne (Bord de la Marne)

Alphonse Legros

Medium
drypoint and (etching?) on light green paper
Classification
Print
Accession number
1953.12.2
Credit line
Gift of George Matthew Adams in memory of his mother, Lydia Havens Adams
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Landscape
  • Tree
  • River
  • Man

NGA object ID 42856. 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.