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Search the dark water and reeds for the small white storks, then look at how the pale sky is reflected in the river.
This small panel, under half a meter wide, shows a quiet stretch of river under a pale sky, closed in by dense trees. White birds, the storks of the title, wade and fly near the water. Daubigny painted it in 1864, on wood rather than canvas.
Oil on wood · 9 1/2 x 17 5/8 in. (24.1 x 44.8 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Barbizon School
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- Museum title
- A River Landscape with Storks
- Artist
- Charles-François Daubigny (French, Paris 1817–1878 Paris)
- Date
- 1864
- Medium
- Oil on wood
- Dimensions
- 9 1/2 x 17 5/8 in. (24.1 x 44.8 cm)
- Credit line
- Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.