1848
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Bridge over an Estuary is a 1848 ink by Charles François Daubigny, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a bridge over a body of water, with ships anchored in the distance. The bridge has a simple, sturdy design, and the water below looks calm. The sky is lightly filled with texture, almost like faint clouds. The artist used lots of fine lines and shading to create depth, especially on the bridge and water. The ships in the background are just dark outlines against a lighter sky. This style of drawing is called cross-hatching.
Charles-François Daubigny ( DOH-bin-yee, US: DOH-been-YEE, doh-BEEN-yee, French: ; 15 February 1817 – 19 February 1878) was a French painter, one of the members of the Barbizon school, and is considered an important precursor of impressionism.
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