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Village Overlooking a Bay

André-Marie-Paul Borel

National Gallery of Art

The image depicts a landscape with a horizon higher up in the composition, showcasing distant mountains, a castle-like structure, a winding path, trees, vegetation, and a building in the distance. The intricate brushstrokes resemble etching techniques, creating texture and shading. The color palette is black and white, with varying densities of hatching and cross-hatching providing a range of greys and shadows.

Artwork Details

Date
1880/1882
Medium
etching on wove paper [proof]
Dimensions
7434 × 5045 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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