The Banks of the Marne in Winter

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The Banks of the Marne in Winter, 1866. Oil on canvas.

Oil on canvas · 91.8 × 150.2 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Impressionism

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Museum title: The Banks of the Marne in Winter
Artist: Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903)
Date: 1866
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 91.8 × 150.2 cm (36 1/8 × 59 1/8 in.); Framed: 119.7 × 178.5 × 10.2 cm (47 1/8 × 70 1/4 × 4 in.)
Credit line: Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1830–1903

Impressionism c. 1860–1900

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.