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The image depicts a landscape with tall evergreen trees in the foreground. In the background, there are hills, mountains, and a sky with some mist or clouds. The trees are detailed with soft brushstrokes, while the mountains are portrayed with lighter strokes. The color palette includes various shades of green, muted grays and blues, and a pale sky. Near us, there are rough outlines of grazing animals and a person.
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The image depicts a landscape with tall evergreen trees in the foreground. In the background, there are hills, mountains, and a sky with some mist or clouds. The trees are detailed with soft brushstrokes, while the mountains are portrayed with lighter strokes. The color palette includes various shades of green, muted grays and blues, and a pale sky. Near us, there are rough outlines of grazing animals and a person.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

Alpine Landscape

Friedrich Salathé

Date
1814
Medium
watercolor and black wash over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
overall (approximate): 17.1 x 21.2 cm (6 3/4 x 8 3/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1984.1.23
Credit line
Julius S. Held Collection
Time span
1801 to 1825
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Landscape
  • topographical
  • landscape
  • Swiss
Provenance

Julius S. Held

Inscription

in unknown hand, across center verso: (8 lines of annotations) ... 1814; lower left verso: Salathe

Watermarks

to identify

NGA object ID 62958. 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.