Art, literature & history
Rays of Sunlight Striking a Woodland Path
c. 1815
- Dating
- Approximate
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions
- sheet: 42.8 x 34 cm (16 7/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2007.111.32
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Friedrich Salathé. Rays of Sunlight Striking a Woodland Path. Friedrich Salathé; This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the National Gallery of Art . Please see the Gallery's Open Access Policy .. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Friedrich_Salath%C3%A9,_Rays_of_Sunlight_Striking_a_Woodland_Path,_c._1815,_NGA_139126.jpg. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Rays of Sunlight Striking a Woodland Path — Friedrich Salathé. c. 1815.
Medium: watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on wove paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 42.8 x 34 cm (16 7/8 x 13 3/8 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2007.111.32. Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.