The image displays a landscape with dense woodland viewed from a low vantage point near the water. The horizon is obscured by trees and foliage. Tall, winding trees with intertwining branches dominate the scene. Detailed brushstrokes create texture in the trees and shrubbery. The color palette is muted and primarily green. Two birds are perched on a rock near us, reflected in the water. In the background, the forest continues with intricate details fading into the distance.
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Bosidylle (Woodland Idyll)

Theodoor van Hoijtema (Dutch, 1863 - 1917)

1898

Medium
lithograph printed in green on chine collé
Classification
Print
Dimensions
image: 31.1 × 21 cm (12 1/4 × 8 1/4 in.) ; sheet: 34.1 × 23.3 cm (13 7/16 × 9 3/16 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
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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