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The image shows a landscape with trees and bushes, hills in the distance, and a person seated on the left with a long stick. The artwork is created with delicate etched lines, forming the foliage and trees. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of light to dark ink. The fields are depicted with fine line work, capturing the details of the natural scene.
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The image shows a landscape with trees and bushes, hills in the distance, and a person seated on the left with a long stick. The artwork is created with delicate etched lines, forming the foliage and trees. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of light to dark ink. The fields are depicted with fine line work, capturing the details of the natural scene.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Banks of the Marne (Bord de la Marne)

Alphonse Legros

Medium
drypoint and etching? on light green paper
Classification
Print
Accession number
1943.3.5346
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • figure
  • Landscape
  • Tree
  • Water
  • Rock

NGA object ID 8268. 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.