The image features a landscape with lush greenery, a central majestic tree, a horizon of tall trees, and structures visible through the foliage. The brushstrokes are detailed, capturing the texture of leaves and the trunk realistically. The color palette includes various shades of green, brown trunks, greyish paths, yellow highlights in the foliage, and a sky in serene blues with white clouds. Cattle graze and two figures rest near the tree, with a classical structure visible in the distance.
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Et in Arcadia Ego

Johann Georg von Dillis (German, 1759 - 1841)

1790/1800

Medium
pen and gray and black ink with watercolor over graphite on wove paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sheet: 54.2 x 43.5 cm (21 5/16 x 17 1/8 in.)
Culture
German
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Purchased as the Gift of Ladislaus and Beatrix von Hoffmann
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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