Hunters in an Outlook on a Mountain

August Leopold Venus

ca. 1870 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown ink, brush and blue watercolor · Drawings and Prints

High in the mountains two hunters converse beneath a canopy of sundrenched leaves, while a third man climbs stairs that have been carved into the rockface. Contrasting with the warm brown tones of this human-altered landscape are the cool blues of the surrounding sky and distant hills, which effectively convey the figures’ altitude and imply, rather than show, the airy expanse around them.

Artist

August Leopold Venus

Date

ca. 1870

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown ink, brush and blue watercolor

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2004