ORThe Open Room
Digital gallery
Back to the NGA collection
The image shows a landscape with a high horizon featuring a distant cityscape, a rocky hill with two small figures on top, two figures near a well or apparatus in the foreground, and various trees scattered across the undulating terrain. The painting displays loose and expressive brushstrokes with lines defining forms and volume. The monochromatic sepia palette creates a warm atmosphere, while the sky is filled with billowing clouds.
Read the visual description

The image shows a landscape with a high horizon featuring a distant cityscape, a rocky hill with two small figures on top, two figures near a well or apparatus in the foreground, and various trees scattered across the undulating terrain. The painting displays loose and expressive brushstrokes with lines defining forms and volume. The monochromatic sepia palette creates a warm atmosphere, while the sky is filled with billowing clouds.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

At the Dram Well

French 17th Century

Date
17th century
Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash
Dimensions
overall: 11.5 x 18.1 cm (4 1/2 x 7 1/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1943.3.1452
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1551 to 1600
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Landscape
  • topographical
  • landscape
  • Lorraine
Provenance

LJR (Lugt Supp.1760b)

NGA object ID 4596. 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.