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Wooded Pond by the Ancient Sluice of Levaux near Vienne

1861

Adolphe Appian

Associated Names

Adolphe Appian

Artist, French, 1818 - 1898

The image shows a person in a boat fishing on a calm body of water. In the background, there is a stone bridge with three arches, leading to a dense forest. The style of the drawing is soft and sketch-like, with a monochromatic color palette of varying shades of gray.

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Artwork overview

Medium

charcoal with stumping and scratching out on cream paper
Credit Line

Purchased as the Gift of Joan and David Maxwell
Dimensions

sheet: 58.3 × 99.2 cm (22 15/16 × 39 1/16 in.)
Accession Number

2014.108.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); purchased 2014 by NGA.

Associated Names

Paul Prouté, S.A.

Inscriptions

lower right in image: AAppian / 1861

Wikidata ID

Q64533391

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