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The Forest of Fontainebleau, 1874. Oil on wood.
Oil on wood · 18 5/8 x 23 5/8 in. (47.3 x 60 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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- Museum title
- The Forest of Fontainebleau
- Artist
- Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña (French, Bordeaux 1808–1876 Menton)
- Date
- 1874
- Medium
- Oil on wood
- Dimensions
- 18 5/8 x 23 5/8 in. (47.3 x 60 cm)
- Credit line
- Bequest of Collis P. Huntington, 1900
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist’s life 1807–1876
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.