The image is an etching showing an elevated panoramic view. Two tall trees frame a coastal town, with a bridge, boats in the bay, and various architectural structures. Hills and buildings are visible further away. The sky has swirling clouds created through etching strokes. The artwork's color palette is monochrome, emphasizing light and shadow contrasts in typical etched print style.
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Landscape with Two Trees

Giovanni Battista Pittoni (Italian, c. 1520 - 1583)

c. 1558

Medium
etching with engraving on laid paper
Classification
Print
Dimensions
plate: 21.5 × 31.4 cm (8 7/16 × 12 3/8 in.) ; sheet: 21.7 × 31.7 cm (8 9/16 × 12 1/2 in.)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
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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