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Noon

Henry Pruett Share

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a landscape with a windmill, small buildings, fields, and trees. The sky is vast with scattered clouds. Detailed brushstrokes depict textures in the grass, stone wall, and vegetation. A stone wall leads into the scene, where a person is tending cattle. The color palette is monochromatic, typical of etchings.

Artwork Details

Date
1886
Medium
etching in black with chine collé on wove paper
Dimensions
4000 × 1106 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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