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The Forest at Pontaubert, 1881. Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas · 31 1/8 x 24 5/8 in. (79.1 x 62.5 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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- Museum title
- The Forest at Pontaubert
- Artist
- Georges Seurat (French, Paris 1859–1891 Paris)
- Date
- 1881
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 31 1/8 x 24 5/8 in. (79.1 x 62.5 cm)
- Credit line
- Purchase, Gift of Raymonde Paul, in memory of her brother, C. Michael Paul, by exchange, 1985
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist’s life 1859–1891
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.