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The image shows a landscape drawn from an elevated point of view. Shrubs and grass are textured in the foreground, with a tree extending its branches in the top left corner. The horizon is high, with undulating distant land and a small village with a spired building, likely a church. The drawing features fine brushstrokes detailing foliage, architecture, and terrain. The color palette is subdued with earthy browns and muted grays. The sky is softly rendered, providing a calm atmosphere and vast open space in the composition.
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Extensive Landscape Seen from the Edge of a Forest

Joris van der Haagen (Dutch, c. 1615 - 1669)

1666

Medium
pen and gray and brown ink with gray wash over black chalk on laid paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sheet: 25.7 × 40.4 cm (10 1/8 × 15 7/8 in.)
Culture
Dutch
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Joseph F. McCrindle Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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