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The pencil drawing features a tree-lined path leading towards a dome structure in the distance. The horizon is high, with the dome and a smaller structure below it dominating the skyline. The sketchy and loose brushstrokes give the scene movement and texture. The color palette is monochrome, using shades of gray on off-white paper. The path is flanked by dense trees on the left and shaded foliage on the right, creating depth and directing the viewer towards the structures.
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The pencil drawing features a tree-lined path leading towards a dome structure in the distance. The horizon is high, with the dome and a smaller structure below it dominating the skyline. The sketchy and loose brushstrokes give the scene movement and texture. The color palette is monochrome, using shades of gray on off-white paper. The path is flanked by dense trees on the left and shaded foliage on the right, creating depth and directing the viewer towards the structures.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

Arco Oscuro--Over the Via Fiaminia

Elihu Vedder

Date
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 13.3 × 8.5 cm (5 1/4 × 3 3/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1991.105.25
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Borghi, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • Landscape
  • Italy
  • landscape
  • Florence
Inscription

upper left in graphite: Arco Scuro where / pictures of bronzes were/ hidden stolen from station / [illegible]; lower right in graphite: [ill.] Via Flaminia; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 2 (circled)

NGA object ID 72918. 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.