At the Foot of the Hill

At the Foot of the Hill

Alphonse Legros

1874

ink

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

About this work

In this painting, you see a landscape with a hill in the background. There are trees and bushes in the foreground, and the sky is visible above the hill. The painting is done in brown ink and wash on paper. The artist used a technique called cross-hatching to create texture and depth in the painting. The lines are close together in some areas, giving the impression of dense foliage, while in other areas, the lines are farther apart, suggesting more open space. If you want to learn more about the technique used in this painting, you might want to look up cross-hatching.

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