The image features a landscape with a large tree in the foreground on the right. The terrain includes earthy browns and greens, leading to rolling hills with various trees in the background. The horizon is high in the image, showing distant mountains and a faint outline of a structure or settlement under a serene sky. The color palette is soft with earth tones, yellow, green, and blue, creating a tranquil atmosphere. The brushstrokes in the watercolor painting are delicate, capturing details of foliage, light, and shadow across the landscape.
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A View across the Inn Valley to the Alps and Neubeuern

Johann Georg von Dillis (German, 1759 - 1841)

c. 1790

Medium
pen and gray and brown ink with watercolor over graphite on laid paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sheet: 24.1 x 36.1 cm (9 1/2 x 14 3/16 in.)
Culture
German
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Purchased as the Gift of Alexander M. and Judith W. Laughlin
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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