The Old Road to the Sea

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The Old Road to the Sea, c. 1893. oil on canvas.

oil on canvas · Framed: 134.3 x 159.7 x 10.8 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art · Impressionism

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Museum title: The Old Road to the Sea
Artist: William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916)
Date: c. 1893
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: Framed: 134.3 x 159.7 x 10.8 cm (52 7/8 x 62 7/8 x 4 1/4 in.); Unframed: 101.5 x 127 cm (39 15/16 x 50 in.); Former: 118.5 x 144 x 5.5 cm (46 5/8 x 56 11/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Cleveland Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1849–1916

Impressionism c. 1860–1900

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