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Landscape

Rodolphe Bresdin

National Gallery of Art

The image features large rocks and boulders with some vegetation, depicted in an ink drawing style with quick, expressive lines and cross-hatching. The color palette is black ink on a beige or light brown paper. The composition suggests rocky terrain that rises and falls, providing a varied backdrop. Detailed vegetation and rocks are depicted close to the viewer, with similar formations leading up to the top edge of the image.

Artwork Details

Date
probably c. 1858
Medium
pen and ink on tracing paper
Dimensions
3177 × 3127 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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