# Traunstein River on the Road to Empfig, Bavaria

- By: William Stanley Haseltine (American, 1835–1900)
- Date: c. 1893–96
- Medium: Watercolor and gouache on blue paper
- Classification: Drawing
- Dimensions: Sheet: 38.3 x 56.5 cm (15 1/16 x 22 1/4 in.); Mounted, primary: 38.3 x 56.5 x 0.2 cm (15 1/16 x 22 1/4 x 1/16 in.)
- Culture: American, 19th century
- Credit line: Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.32)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.32/2018.32_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

In this watercolor, William Stanley Haseltine portrayed the calm shore of the Traunstein River, Bavaria, on a summer afternoon. A member of the Hudson River School and a practitioner of Luminism, Haseltine focused on atmosphere and reflection rather than a grand vista. His transparent washes and areas of opaque watercolor over blue paper create the effect of light skipping across the water.