A Meadow with a Shepherd and Goats at the Edge of a Forest

1861

Carl Wagner

Associated Names
Carl Wagner

Artist, German, 1796 - 1867

The image depicts a landscape with a sepia-toned palette. The viewpoint is from ground level, showing a wooded scene with a clearing or slope on the left and tree-filled horizon. The sky is cloudy with wispy brushstrokes. Trees dominate the right side with detailed and sketchy strokes. The scene has light filtering through foliage, and grassy patches with sloping terrain and shadowed areas. The color scheme consists of browns, blacks, and hints of gray, reminiscent of early photographic tones or aged ink drawings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brush and brown ink over black chalk on two joined sheets of wove sketchbook paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of C.G. Boerner

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 20.1 x 27.1 cm (7 15/16 x 10 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.135.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(C. G. Boerner, New York); gift to NGA, 2011.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in black chalk: [not deciphered] 19 Aug 61; lower left verso in graphite: C. Wagner f. 1861

Wikidata ID

Q64538036

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