Evening Light on a Wooded Lakeside with Cattle Drinking

1882

Henri-Joseph Harpignies

Associated Names
Henri-Joseph Harpignies

Artist, French, 1819 - 1916

This painting shows a landscape. The horizon is low in the composition, obscured by trees and distant hills. Large trees with dark green foliage surround a reflective body of water at the bottom of the painting. Near the center, two cows drink from the water, and a person stands nearby, almost blending in with the foliage. The brushstrokes are fluid and colors blend softly. The color palette includes earthy greens, browns, pale blues, and pinks in the sky and reflected in the water.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor with touches of white gouache over traces of charcoal on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as the Gift of Andrea Woodner

  • Dimensions

    overall: 36.8 x 53.2 cm (14 1/2 x 20 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.89.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); purchased 2006 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

  • Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 121.

2012

  • Vernet to Villon: Nineteenth-Century French Master Drawings from the National Gallery of Art. Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma. Norman, OK, 2012, no. 23.

2014

  • The Color of Nature: Recent Acquisitions of Landscape Watercolors, NGA, 2014.

Inscriptions

lower left in watercolor: lHarpignes 1882

Wikidata ID

Q64573682

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