1874
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
View of a Chateau (Chateau de Poillet) is a 1874 ink by Alphonse Legros, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This print shows a dark, tangled forest with a faint path winding through it. In the distance, a large building—maybe a castle—peeks through the trees. The sky is barely visible, just a few faint lines at the top. The artist used lots of cross-hatching (tiny crisscrossed lines) to create shadows and texture. This makes the forest look thick and mysterious. Next, check out etching, drypoint, aquatint to see how artists like this made prints.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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