Second View of the Agrigento Countryside

Claude-Louis Châtelet, 1778

The image shows a landscape with hills, valleys, a blue sky with clouds, distant mountains, a town or castle, people on a grassy cliff, a procession on a dirt path, and a lone tree. · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Claude-Louis Châtelet ¹
Date: 1778 ¹
Medium: pen and brown and black ink with watercolor and gray wash over graphite on laid paper, with a partial framing line in brown and gray ink ¹
Original: 4,961 × 3,418 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Charlottesville/Albemarle Foundation for the Encouragement of the Arts in honor of J. Carter Brown for meritorious contribution to the world of arts

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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neutral temperaturemid contrastlight toneslandscape

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Close in palette, light and contrast · computed

A work made of lithograph on gray wove chine, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé).

The image shows a large central tree with dark green leaves and various red and purple fruits or flowers. The color palette includes dark greens, soft pinks, deep reds, and golds on a light cream background.

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Similar light, opposite temperature · computed

The image shows a wide river cutting through the landscape, with a rocky shoreline extending into the distance. Along the shoreline, there are a few buildings and telephone poles scattered. In the background, low,…

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