Winter Scene in Moonlight

A snow-covered meadow stretches under a pale full moon in a streaked blue sky. Bare trees line a rising path, a stream winds through the foreground, and small tufts break the snow. The soft, cool palette of watercolor and gouache gives the scene a hushed, nocturnal calm.

Look closer: A tiny figure walks along the distant path near the horizon.

Artist

Henry Farrer

Date

1869

Medium

Watercolor and gouache on white wove paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3811 × 2998 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Morris K. Jesup Fund, Martha and Barbara Fleischman, and Katherine and Frank Martucci Gifts, 1999