The image shows a forest scene with tall trees. The foreground features dark, textured forest floor with shadows indicating thick foliage above. In the background, there are clusters of trees with slender trunks and dense canopies under a textured sky. The horizon is low with a line of trees spanning the composition. The image uses intricate brushstrokes or etching strokes to create a play of dark and light areas, resulting in a monochromatic palette of rich browns and deep blacks. Light areas peek through the trees, contrasting with the dark mass of leaves above.
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The image shows a forest scene with tall trees. The foreground features dark, textured forest floor with shadows indicating thick foliage above. In the background, there are clusters of trees with slender trunks and dense canopies under a textured sky. The horizon is low with a line of trees spanning the composition. The image uses intricate brushstrokes or etching strokes to create a play of dark and light areas, resulting in a monochromatic palette of rich browns and deep blacks. Light areas peek through the trees, contrasting with the dark mass of leaves above.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Barbizon: Foret de Fontainbleau

Maurice Jacque

Medium
lithograph and aquatint
Classification
Print
Accession number
1980.45.866
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1801 to 1825
Department
CG-E

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Tree
  • Forest
  • Water

NGA object ID 58578. 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.