Trees Reflected in a Brook

Claude-Joseph Vernet

Associated Names
Claude-Joseph Vernet

Artist, French, 1714 - 1789

The image depicts a scene viewed from the water's edge, showing a horizon of trees with branches leaning into the water. A figure is near the water, reaching into it. The artwork is in brown ink on cream paper, with detailed brushstrokes conveying movement and texture. The color palette is primarily monochromatic, with varying shades of brown emphasizing natural forms and textures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    Overall: 21.7 x 24.7 cm (8 9/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
    overall (mount): 31.3 x 34.6 cm (12 5/16 x 13 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1984.78.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Niodot (Lugt Supp.1944a); Jacques Petit-Hory, Paris; purchased 1984 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1985

  • Landscape Drawings from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985.

Inscriptions

later hand lower left in brown ink on mount: Joseph Vernet; lower right in black ink on mount: J. Vernet

Wikidata ID

Q64540147

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