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The image shows a large tree as the focal point, surrounded by mountains in the background. Intricate pencil strokes capture the tree's branches and leaves in detail on textured paper. The color palette is monochromatic, with shades of gray and black. Rocks and a stream are depicted in the foreground.
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The image shows a large tree as the focal point, surrounded by mountains in the background. Intricate pencil strokes capture the tree's branches and leaves in detail on textured paper. The color palette is monochromatic, with shades of gray and black. Rocks and a stream are depicted in the foreground.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Wild Beech in Full Leaf

Paul Huet

Date
1858
Medium
black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions
overall: 48.7 x 65.8 cm (19 3/16 x 25 7/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1993.58.1
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Landscape
  • Switzerland
  • landscape
  • Romantic
  • botanical
  • Alps
  • Beech tree
Provenance

artist's atelier stamp (Lugt 1268); (David and Constance Yates, New York); purchased 1993 by NGA.

Inscription

lower left in brown ink: au désert de la Chartreuse

NGA object ID 83014. 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.