Art, literature & history
A Towering Tree with Travelers
1746/1749
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- black chalk on laid paper
- Dimensions
- sheet: 19 x 12.7 cm (7 1/2 x 5 in.) page size: 42.5 x 27.7 cm (16 3/4 x 10 7/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1983.49.196
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Joseph-Marie Vien. A Towering Tree with Travelers. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
A Towering Tree with Travelers — Joseph-Marie Vien. 1746/1749.
Medium: black chalk on laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 19 x 12.7 cm (7 1/2 x 5 in.) page size: 42.5 x 27.7 cm (16 3/4 x 10 7/8 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1983.49.196. Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection.
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.