The Edge of the Woods

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The Edge of the Woods, 1872. Oil on wood.

Oil on wood · 14 7/8 x 18 1/2 in. (37.8 x 47 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Museum title: The Edge of the Woods
Artist: Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña (French, Bordeaux 1808–1876 Menton)
Date: 1872
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 14 7/8 x 18 1/2 in. (37.8 x 47 cm)
Credit line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1807–1876

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