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The image is a landscape viewed from a slightly elevated point. In the distance, the horizon is subtly indicated by a faint line of hills or terrain. On the horizon, there are a few distant birds sketched into the sky. The artwork is composed with pencil, demonstrating soft and controlled strokes varying in density to suggest texture and shadow. Closer to us, the terrain is marked by delicate, swirling lines forming patches of vegetation and rocky formations, leading up to a line of wagons and figures farther along the path. The color palette is monochromatic, relying exclusively on natural…

Travellers along the Crest of a Hill

Pieter Molijn (Dutch, 1595 - 1661)

1652 · black chalk with gray wash on laid paper

National Gallery of Art · Gift of Robert H. and Clarice Smith

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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