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Noon

David Lucas after John Constable

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a landscape with a rolling hill in the foreground sloping downward. The horizon is high, providing a view over fields and sky. Sheep graze on the hill, tended by a person. A large, dark tree is on the right. Brushstrokes vary in the sky and land, with broad strokes for clouds and finer ones for grass and foliage. The color palette is mainly black, white, and shades of grey, highlighting light and shadow.

Artwork Details

Date
1830
Medium
mezzotint on laid paper
Dimensions
4351 × 3124 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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