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The image depicts a natural landscape seen from a slightly elevated angle. The scene includes a body of water, trees, shrubs, and foliage. The foreground shows vegetation by the water, while the midground is filled with trees and shrubs. The artwork features loose and expressive brushwork with a monochromatic color palette of varying shades of gray and black on a beige or off-white background.
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The image depicts a natural landscape seen from a slightly elevated angle. The scene includes a body of water, trees, shrubs, and foliage. The foreground shows vegetation by the water, while the midground is filled with trees and shrubs. The artwork features loose and expressive brushwork with a monochromatic color palette of varying shades of gray and black on a beige or off-white background.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Woodland Pond

Charles-François Daubigny

Date
c. 1870
Medium
charcoal and gray wash on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 31.4 x 47.9 cm (12 3/8 x 18 7/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1991.150.15
Credit line
Gift of William B. O'Neal, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Landscape
  • France
  • landscape
  • Romantic
Provenance

Artist's estate (Lugt 518; sale Paris, May 6-11, 1878); Seiferheld-Selz Fine Arts, Inc., New York; William B. O'Neal [1907-1994], Charlottesville, VA, July 1973; gift to NGA, 1991.

Inscription

by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: Dessin de Daubigny

NGA object ID 73467. 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.