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Mountain Landscape with Foreground Trees (from Sketchbook)

Albert Bierstadt

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a pencil sketch of a landscape. The sketch is on rectangular paper with rounded corners, positioned horizontally. The paper has a white background with faint pencil marks. In the foreground, there are several trees drawn on the left and right sides. The middle ground appears to be a mountain range with several peaks. The mountains are drawn with varying levels of detail, with some having more defined shapes and others being more sketchy. The overall effect is one of a serene and peaceful natural setting, with the mountains rising up in the background and the trees providing a sense of depth and texture in the foreground.

Artwork Details

Date
1890
Medium
Graphite on wove paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
600 × 487 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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