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The image shows a rocky landscape with intricate rock formations, vegetation, two figures seated on a rock, more rocks, sparse vegetation, a gentle slope towards the lower left corner, birds in flight against a light-colored sky, and an earthy color palette of soft browns and tans.
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The image shows a rocky landscape with intricate rock formations, vegetation, two figures seated on a rock, more rocks, sparse vegetation, a gentle slope towards the lower left corner, birds in flight against a light-colored sky, and an earthy color palette of soft browns and tans.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Young Couple Seated near a Massive Rock Formation

Johann August Nahl II

Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 33.6 x 46.7 cm (13 1/4 x 18 3/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1984.1.17
Credit line
Julius S. Held Collection
Time span
1751 to 1775
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • German
  • Landscape
  • topographical
  • landscape
Provenance

Johann Wilhelm Nahl (Lugt 1954)

Inscription

in unknown hand, lower left: JH Nahl

NGA object ID 62952. 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.