1874
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Landscape with Roller (Le paysage au rouleau) is a 1874 ink by Alphonse Legros, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a quiet, hilly landscape with a few scattered trees and bushes. In the middle, a person is lying on the ground, rolling a large wooden barrel down a slope. The lines are loose and sketchy, almost like quick notes. The artist used a mix of light and dark marks to show texture—grass, rocks, and the person’s clothes all feel real. The scene looks like it was drawn fast, maybe to capture how things move. If you like this style, look up etching, drypoint, aquatint to see how artists make prints like this.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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