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Corpo di Cava

Eduard Agricola

National Gallery of Art

The image depicts a landscape from an elevated viewpoint, showing a hillside with scattered trees. The horizon is near the top, revealing distant mountains framing the sky. The artwork has a loose style with pencil sketches and varied brushstrokes. Earthy browns and muted greens dominate the color palette, with white highlights indicating sunlight. The scene includes paths, structures, rolling hills, and distant mountains.

Artwork Details

Date
1844
Medium
graphite with watercolor, heightened with white gouache on brown wove paper
Dimensions
5104 × 3477 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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