The image is a landscape viewed from a slightly elevated point. In the distance, the horizon is subtly indicated by a faint line of hills or terrain. On the horizon, there are a few distant birds sketched into the sky. The artwork is composed with pencil, demonstrating soft and controlled strokes varying in density to suggest texture and shadow. Closer to us, the terrain is marked by delicate, swirling lines forming patches of vegetation and rocky formations, leading up to a line of wagons and figures farther along the path. The color palette is monochromatic, relying exclusively on natural…
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Travellers along the Crest of a Hill

Pieter Molijn (Dutch, 1595 - 1661)

1652

Medium
black chalk with gray wash on laid paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
overall: 15 x 19.6 cm (5 7/8 x 7 11/16 in.)
Culture
Dutch
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Gift of Robert H. and Clarice Smith
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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