Wäscherinnen an der Oise bei Valmondois

Millet, Daubigny und Barbizon, 1865

This painting shows a tranquil river scene with a distant horizon on the left showing rolling landscapes, trees, and small brown buildings across calm water. Closest to us, on the left, clusters of trees with dark branches hang over the water, casting reflections on the water's gray surface. There appear to be two people at the edge of the water who are kneeling down, but the details are unclear. The sky is light blue with small white clouds drifting across it. The color palette includes deep greens, browns, blues, and whites, and the brushstrokes are visible, with long, thick strokes for the sky and background, and shorter, dotted ones in the trees.
Künstler
Millet, Daubigny und Barbizon
Datierung
1865
Gattung
Gemälde
Technik
Öl auf Holz
Maße
24 × 46 cm
Sammlung
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Lizenz
Gemeinfrei, CC0

Bildbeschreibung

This painting shows a tranquil river scene with a distant horizon on the left showing rolling landscapes, trees, and small brown buildings across calm water. Closest to us, on the left, clusters of trees with dark branches hang over the water, casting reflections on the water's gray surface. There appear to be two people at the edge of the water who are kneeling down, but the details are unclear. The sky is light blue with small white clouds drifting across it. The color palette includes deep greens, browns, blues, and whites, and the brushstrokes are visible, with long, thick strokes for the sky and background, and shorter, dotted ones in the trees.

Millet, Daubigny und Barbizon