Woodland with a Stream Running Through

Giberto Borromeo

1894

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From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Impressionism Realism Late 19th Century Landscape

About this work

This sketch shows bare trees with twisted branches framing a dim forest scene. A small stream cuts through the center, leading toward a faint, shadowy building in the distance. The lines are dark and scratchy, almost like the artist pressed hard with a sharp tool. The artist used a method called drypoint to create these rough, textured marks. It’s a way to make prints by scratching directly into a metal plate. Next, look up etching to see how it compares to drypoint.