# Willow trees at a brook (Weidenbach near Neuostra)

**Emilie Mediz-Pelikan** (Austrian, 1861–1908)  
1895  
Colored wax crayon, conté crayon, watercolor, graphite, and gum arabic on machine-made wove paper  
Sheet: 11 in. × 17 15/16 in. (28 × 45.5 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2023.258. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/896001).

## About this work

Emilie Mediz-Pelikan painted this in 1895, aged 34. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Watercolour.** Pigment in gum arabic, thinned with water and laid in transparent washes. Nothing white is painted: the light is the paper showing through.
- **Graphite.** Pencil. Graphite has been used for drawing since the 1500s; in 1795 Nicolas-Jacques Conté mixed it with clay, so its hardness could be graded.

### [Emilie Mediz-Pelikan](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/emilie-mediz-pelikan)

Austrian, 1861–1908; born in Vöcklabruck; died in Dresden

## Facts

- Type: Drawings
- The artist was 34
- Real size: about 11 × 18 in (28 × 46 cm). The 12 × 16 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Subjects: Trees
- Colour: olive
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

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