The image depicts a landscape with figures engaged in agricultural work. The scene is viewed from a slightly elevated perspective, showing a high horizon line, an expansive sky dominating the upper portion of the image, loose brushstrokes or etching lines creating texture, and a limited sepia and black color palette. Multiple figures are shown in the foreground and background, with details becoming less distinct as they move further away.
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Mending the Nets

Max Liebermann (German, 1847 - 1935)

1894

Medium
etching, drypoint and roulette, worked over in graphite and white heightening on heavy wove paper
Classification
Print
Dimensions
plate: 23.1 × 31.1 cm (9 1/8 × 12 1/4 in.) ; sheet: 29.8 × 43.6 cm (11 3/4 × 17 3/16 in.)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
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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