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Riverbank with Mountains and Trees (from Sketchbook)

Albert Bierstadt

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a sketchbook page with a pencil drawing. The page is rectangular and has a shadowed border. The drawing is very faint and difficult to make out, but it appears to depict a landscape scene. There are some lines and shapes that could be trees or mountains, but the details are not clear. The background of the page is white, and there are some small marks and smudges around the edges. The page appears to be from a sketchbook, as indicated by the title "Riverbank with Mountains and Trees (from Sketchbook)" and the artist "Albert Bierstadt". The overall effect is one of a simple, yet elegant, pencil drawing of a natural scene.

Artwork Details

Date
1890
Medium
Graphite on wove paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
511 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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