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Look at the patches of sunlight on the leaves and the ground, then follow the pale path at right into the shade.
Diaz worked mostly in oil, so a watercolor like this one is rare. The Cleveland Museum of Art suggests the view comes from the forest of Fontainebleau near Barbizon, where he and other painters worked outdoors from nature. A cluster of trees stands in sunlight under a blue and grey sky.
watercolor and gouache with pen and brown ink and graphite · Sheet: 15 x 22.8 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art · Barbizon School
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Details and source
- Museum title
- Landscape
- Artist
- Narcisse Diaz de la Peña (French, 1807–1876)
- Date
- c. 1860
- Medium
- watercolor and gouache with pen and brown ink and graphite
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 15 x 22.8 cm (5 7/8 x 9 in.)
- Credit line
- Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.