A Couple Seated among Trees above a Lake

c. 1870

Alfred Bellet du Poisat

Associated Names
Alfred Bellet du Poisat

Artist, French, 1823 - 1883

The image shows a landscape with trees framing the scene. A mountain or hill is visible in the distance. Figures are among the trees, suggesting a path. The trees are depicted with expressive lines and blend with the rocky ground. The color palette is monochromatic, giving the image an earthy quality.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    charcoals with brush, stumping and scraping on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 28.5 x 48.1 cm (11 1/4 x 18 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.117.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(David Tunick, Inc., New York); purchased 2004 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • Vernet to Villon: Nineteenth-Century French Master Drawings from the National Gallery of Art. Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma. Norman, OK, 2012, no. 15.

Inscriptions

lower left in charcoal: Bellet du Poisat

Wikidata ID

Q64534254