Old Trees along a Bank
Dutch Golden Age, late 1640s
- Artist
- Dutch Golden Age
- Date
- late 1640s
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- black chalk
- Dimensions
- 14.6 × 19.6 cm
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art, Washington
- Licence
- Public domain, CC0
Image description
The image features a serene waterscape with a rowboat and two figures on the left side. A large, gnarled tree in the center of the composition is surrounded by foliage and trunks. The style is naturalistic with soft brushstrokes and fine details, using a monochrome palette of sepia and charcoal. Faint outlines of additional trees are visible in the background.