Rocky Landscape with a Natural Arch

Italienische Grafik 1579–1623, c. 1575

The image depicts a landscape seen from a slightly elevated perspective, showing rocky cliffs, an arched stone formation, and a distant mountain with a small building surrounded by trees. The artwork features intricate brushstrokes to depict texture and depth in rocks and trees. The color palette consists mainly of earthy tones, including sepia and muted greenish-blue hues. Two tiny human figures near a body of water at the bottom left suggest scale. Sparse vegetation is spread across the rocky terrain, with denser clusters of trees and foliage in the distance. Light and shadow play across the terrain.
Artist
Italienische Grafik 1579–1623
Date
c. 1575
Type
Drawing
Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash, heightened with white gouache on blue laid paper
Dimensions
20.9 × 26.9 cm
Collection
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licence
Public domain, CC0

Image description

The image depicts a landscape seen from a slightly elevated perspective, showing rocky cliffs, an arched stone formation, and a distant mountain with a small building surrounded by trees. The artwork features intricate brushstrokes to depict texture and depth in rocks and trees. The color palette consists mainly of earthy tones, including sepia and muted greenish-blue hues. Two tiny human figures near a body of water at the bottom left suggest scale. Sparse vegetation is spread across the rocky terrain, with denser clusters of trees and foliage in the distance. Light and shadow play across the terrain.

Italienische Grafik 1579–1623