The artwork titled “The Round Stone Seen from the Exterior” was created by the artist James Tissot between the years 1886 and 1889. The medium of this piece is ink on paper, and it falls under the Realism art movement. It features dimensions of 14.8 x 24 cm and is categorized within the landscape genre. Currently, the artwork is housed at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City, New York, United States.
The artwork depicts a landscape scene focused on a large, round stone or a cavity within what appears to be a natural setting. The meticulous attention to detail is evident in the textural representation of the rough, rocky formations that surround the central feature, highlighting Tissot’s skill in rendering realistic scenes. Above the stone, the artist has included a skyline and vegetation that provides a backdrop to the main subject, effectively contrasting the organic forms of nature against the starkness of the stone’s opening. The artwork is executed with fine lines and careful shading, characteristic of Tissot’s competent draftsmanship within the realist tradition, and invites contemplation on the relationship between man-made structures and the organic world.
