Sunlit Trees in a Valley near Lacoux

1840

Jean-Paul Flandrin

Associated Names
Jean-Paul Flandrin

Artist, French, 1811 - 1902

The image shows a landscape with rolling hills, foliage, trees, and a pathway or stream. Hills in the distance suggest depth and recession. The brushwork is subtle and minimalist, capturing textures of leaves and terrain. The color palette is muted, dominated by shades of gray and hints of blue. The sky above is softly rendered, creating a sense of openness and calmness.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite heightened with white chalk on blue wove paper, with vertical strips of slightly different blue paper added at left and right edges

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Helen Porter and James T. Dyke

  • Dimensions

    overall: 28.9 x 26.7 cm (11 3/8 x 10 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.59.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jill Newhouse, New York); Mr. and Mrs. James T. Dyke; gift to NGA, 2011.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2010

  • Varieties of Romantic Experience: British, Danish, Dutch, French, and German Drawings from the Collection of Charles Ryskamp. Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2010, 114-116, 306, no. 93 (color)(Matthew Hargraves).

2012

  • Color, Line, Light: French Drawings, Watercolors, and Pastels from Delacroix to Signac. Musée des impressionnismes Giverny and National Gallery of Art, Washington. Washington, 2012, 31, 158, no. 6 (color). (French title: De Delacroix à Signac: Dessins de la collection Dyke.)

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: lacoux south 1840. / Paul Flandrin

Wikidata ID

Q64581606

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