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Mountains Overlooking Lake Maggiore, May 11, 1869 (verso, from sketchbook)

Jervis McEntee

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Open sketchbook with two facing pages, left page blank, right page contains a pencil sketch. The sketch depicts a body of water with a small boat on the right side. On the far side of the water, there are buildings and a mountain range. The mountains are drawn in the background, with the peaks on the left side of the page. The right page of the sketchbook is angled slightly upward. The image is in black and white. The sketchbook pages have a slight texture. The background behind the sketchbook is plain white.

Artwork details

Date:
1869
Medium:
Graphite, white gouache, watercolor, on blue paper
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
600 × 491 px
Museum record:
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