The painting depicts a view from an elevated position looking across a gently undulating landscape. The horizon is high, showing distant hills and mountains blending into the soft sky. Small white clouds float in the sky. Fields suggest farmland beyond the hills. Quick, expressive brushstrokes create texture, especially in the nearby trees. The color palette includes pastel tones of blue, gray, green, and yellow. Trees in the foreground are cooler in color, transitioning to warmer tones in the distance, enhancing depth.
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The Hills of Umbria near Perugia

Johann Georg von Dillis (German, 1759 - 1841)

1830/1832

Medium
watercolor and gouache over graphite on blue-green prepared wove paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sheet: 22.6 x 32.9 cm (8 7/8 x 12 15/16 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
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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